Allied aircraft in Italy during World War II. Aerial views of moving trucks being strafed by Allied aircraft. Trucks on roads strafed, smoke rises. A man aboard an aircraft as he holds a reconnaissance picture of Calabria, the toe of Italy.
The Germans fight against the Allies in Italy during World War II. A map of Italy. A number of bombs lined up on the ground. Bombs piled up. Men load bombs on to a truck. Shells being loaded into an artillery. The artillery being fired. Allied aircraft in flight. German anti aircraft guns fire at them. Soldiers look through binoculars. Artillery being fired and explosions occur. German fighter aircraft in flight. Wrecked Allied aircraft on the ground. German aircraft at an airfield.
Nazi exodus from Rome, Italy. German troops on the streets of Rome making a hasty retreat before the arrival of Allied forces. The Colosseum in the background. The troops walk through the Arch of Constantine. Next scenes shows arrival of U.S. Army forces on the streets in the city. American soldiers on the street. A few American soldiers behind a building fire guns to knock out remaining German snipers. Germans are captured by the American soldiers. A building in view. A soldier on the balcony of the building. Crowd of Italian citizens on the streets rejoicing. People seated on trucks moving through the streets rejoicing the liberation. Bombings during the advancement of the allied forces towards Florence. The 1st Brazilian troop in a vessel moving to disembark in Italy. Two officers watching the vessel. Soldiers from Brazil who joined the Allied forces in declaring war against Germany.
German troops battle the enemy in Italy during World War II. A campaign map of Italy during the war. Abandoned and captured Allied tanks and vehicles. Allied prisoners (mostly U.S. Army POWs) are taken by German soldiers. American POWs resting at a roadside, receiving medical treatment, and gathered in a large group. Vapor trails left by Allied aircraft in the sky. German troops man antiaircraft guns. Smoke billows up from explosions in a field. German paratroopers advance. Troops fire machine guns and advance through a wooded area. A camouflaged artillery gun being fired. Field Marshal of German Air Force General Albert Kesselring observes the advance of the paratroopers. A German railway gun is being fired. Smoke billows up from the explosions.
German Luftwaffe fighter aircraft battle Allied aircraft over Italy during World War II. A formation of German fighter aircraft over Italy. German fighters in dogfights against Allied airplanes. U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft are downed by German fighters.
Aftermath of Allied bombings on Italy during World War II. A bombed bridge in Italy. A sign in Italian reads 'Pte S. Giovanni, Fraz di Perguia'. A damaged bridge. Aerial view of a wrecked bridge as a result of Allied bombings. A railway tunnel and a bombed out town. A bombed bridge and bomb craters.