United States 7th Army troops advance through Sicilian villages. 7th Army troops on streets. Houses in the background. Wounded U.S. soldiers loaded on planes for evacuation. Aircrafts in flight. (World War II period).
U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt with Prime Minister of Britain Winston Churchill at the Sphinx in Egypt, and later, at a meeting with Turkey's President Mustafa Ismet Inonu. Later President Roosevelt reviews 7th Army in Sicily, from a jeep. He is accompanied by General Eisenhower, who sits in back of jeep next to Presidential Assistant, Harry Hopkins. President Roosevelt decorates General Mark Clark and five of his officers. General Clark receives the Distinguished Service Cross A man takes photographs. Seventh Army Troops march past. President Roosevelt and General Eisenhower eat a picnic lunch in a staff car with the doors open. President Roosevelt seated with his sons, Elliot and Franklin, Jr.
Axis defensive operations against Allied forces during the Italian campaign of World War 2. German Air Force Junkers Ju-52 transport planes take off from their base in Messina, Sicily, carrying members of their 1st Parachute Division to bolster defenses against the Allies who have begun amphibious landings in the South, during Operation Husky. A Closeup aerial view in a formation of Ju-52s flying low over water. Glimpse of German paratroopers inside one of the planes. View from below of paratroopers jumping from their planes, and their chutes descending over hilly terrain. But they are seen landing in fields, as the formation of transport planes flies away overhead. View from the ground of German Heinkel He 111 H-20/R1 aircraft dropping paratroopers, whose chutes are seen descending and landing in hilly terrain. Military equipment being dropped by parachute. The German paratroops gathering up their gear and heading to join their comrades. One is seen sipping fresh water from a mountain stream. View from the German positions of British and American positions being shelled by German artillery. German parachute infantry moving through sandy areas and underbrush. View from inside a German bunker. German artilleryman directing fire from a heavy field gun. German artillery putting up strong defense near Mt. Etna. British soldiers taken prisoners of war. German gunners, some stripped to the waist, firing heavy guns against British and American troops.
Aerial view railroad freight yard in Milazzo, Sicily. Railway station freight yard after devastation from the Allied Invasion of Sicily during World War 2. Wrecked train cars in front of Milazzo station. A destroyed automobile on top of a flat car. Upended rail cars, tracks and rubble are scattered all over the Milazzo railway station freight yard.
Town sign of Messina during Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. United States soldiers and jeeps pass through road in Messina. Soldiers walk through a street with houses and stone structures devastated by invasion. Four United States soldiers onboard a military jeep drive through rubble-strewn street in Messina. United States soldiers begin to clear rubble and wreckage from street using bulldozer. British soldiers pause briefly to share supplies from truck. Italian prisoners-of-war are made to march out of the city while holding white flags in surrender.
British and United States soldiers clear up rubble in ruins of Messina after the Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. Commandos of the British Army cook with military stove and drink with mugs on a devastated street in Messina. A military vehicle drives through ruined part of Messina (probably 157th Infantry, 45th Division ). View of a partly sunken ship by the waterfront. General George S. Patton and General Lucian K. Truscott arrive in Messina’s waterfront. Generals George S. Patton and Lucian K. Truscott speak with British officer at city hall after surrender at present day Piazza Unita d'Italia (building seen behind them is Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 134, 98121 Messina)