;Allied Operation Husky in World War 2. British 8th Army advances forward in Sicily during World War II. British transports and warships along a coastline as bombs from enemy airplanes drop in water around them. British troops march along a road. A ship at an anchor in the background. White flags flutter from the balconies of Italian homes. British soldiers drink wine from a pitcher. A soldier hands a chocolate to a woman holding a small baby. U.S. troops ride into the town on donkey carts. Several men walk along with the carts. British armored units drive through the city. Captured enemy food is distributed among Sicilian peasants. British Army General Bernard Montgomery in an open motor car drives past British troops and through the town. A group of Italian soldiers wave white clothes to surrender to British soldiers. Axis prisoners march through the streets of Syracuse. Captured and wrecked enemy equipment. People cheer as British trucks loaded with soldiers drive into Francofonte, Italy. Axis prisoners lined up on a highway follow a British truck. German prisoners debark from a prison ship in England. The prisoners and insignias in view. (including insignia of the Hermann Göring Division)
The Italian fleet surrenders before the Allied powers in Italy during World War II. Warships underway at sea. British Royal Navy Fleet Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower and other officers on the bridge of a warship. Distant aerial view of ships in a convoy. Italian battleships Vittorio Veneto and Littoria underway. Italian warships at anchor. Italian warships and submarines at sea. An Italian officer shakes hands with a British officer. An Italian Admiral and aides arrive at a pier in a launch. They are greeted by Admiral Cunningham.
A documentary television program depicts the role of U.S. soldiers in the Italian Campaign during World War II. Animated map of Italy shows the location of U.S. troops. The Volturno River and a damaged bridge on the river. Light vehicles cross over the bridge. Soldiers carry shovels. Vehicles move from a temporary bridge. A damaged bridge. Trucks drive on a mud road and on the temporary bridge. A soldier walks through mud. Water on a road and a jeep drives through the water. Animated map shows the German Winter Line on mountain Mignano. A damaged bridge. Trucks move on a mud road. A soldier erects a sign board. Troops at work during the construction of a bridge. Mules carry supplies on their back. The troops load the supplies on the back of the mules. The mules carry the supplies and move. Animated map shows the location of British and U.S. troops before attacking the German Winter Line.
A documentary television program depicts the role of U.S. soldiers in the Italian Campaign during World War II. Animated map of Italy shows the location of mountains near the Mignano Valley. Operation Raincoat at Camino Hills. Troops fire guns at the hills. Smoke rises in the foreground. The soldiers fire guns. A soldier looks trough a binocular. The troops fire artillery. They capture Mount la Difensa, Mount la Remetanea and Mount Maggiore . Troops of Italian 1st Motorized Group advance and enter the Mignano area . The Italian troops construct a mud wall. The troops fire with guns on Mount Lungo . Smoke rises in the background. Firing at Mount Lungo. The troops fire guns in a small town San Pietro. 504th Division paratroopers along with their supplies and guns advance towards San Pietro. The troops advance. Soldiers look through binoculars. German aircraft in flight and lay a smoke screen. The soldiers look through binoculars. A narrow mine road and a tank moves on the road. Smoke rises due to firing. The troops enter the town. Damaged buildings in the town. The troops walk past damaged building. The people of San Pietro. Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits San Pietro. Jeeps drive on a road.
United States Army General Mark Wayne Clark in Italy during World War II. Soldiers run on a field. General of the United States Army Mark Wayne Clark seated in a jeep. General Mark aboard a patrol boat and move ahead to a ship. He walks along Maiori Beach. Lieutenant General of the British Army Richard McCreery greets him.
U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. U.S. soldiers of the 696th Engineer Petroleum Distribution Company working in a field. They unload pipes from a truck. Men couple the pipes and tighten clamps. A pipeline stretches across the field.