The Italian Campaign and battle of Monte Cassino in World War Two. A map shows Italy and surrounding areas. A German soldier reads a local military newspaper called The Southern Front. View of the town of Monte Cassino, with German troops moving cautiously through the rubble. Other German troops under cover in wooded area. They observe American aircraft bombing Monte Cassino. A German officer, in a glen, makes plans with his staff. German troops move along and across a stream and take up positions behind a hill. They fire at Allied troops. Several of them fire grenades from their rifles. Advancing, they come across body of fallen American soldier. An American soldier is taken prisoner. Shoulder patch of the 34th 'Red Bull' Division is seen on his uniform. His captors smoke cigarettes with him, and examine his helmet. Several American soldiers are taken prisoner and escorted to an area where they are questioned.
U.S. B-17 bombers attack position held by Germansduring the battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. A military truck passing by. Smoke arises due to bombardment. B-17s seen flying in formation overhead. Planes dropping bombs on the mountains. Black smoke rises due to explosions.
U.S. Artillerymen employ heavy gun from camouflaged position, to bombard German positions in Monte Cassino, Italy, during World War II. Views of gun being loaded and fired. Open breech smoking after firing. Smoke rising from shells striking targets.
The Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy. Artillery and air bombardment by U.S.forces against German positions on Monte Cassino, and the Abbey above them. Smoke rises as shells strike. (World War II period).
The Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy, in World War 2. .A U.S. self-propelled gun crew member looks at written instructions. Crew loads and fires 105 mm Howitzer on Motor Carriage M7 from a position covered by camouflage netting. U.S. soldiers arm 105mm artillery shells in a munitions dump. Soldiers review written instructions.
The Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy. Aerial view of San Vittore to the west. U.S. troops walk along a mountain road, as an Italian woman, holding a small child, watches from the roadside. Views of the town and Abbey of Monte Cassino, from mountainside outlook. Aerial view of Abbey on mountaintop. M7 Priest SP firing 105mm howitzer from camouflaged position. U.S. troops escorting Italian prisoners of war (POWs). American soldier carries several artillery shells up a hill. Several Sherman tanks of the 756th Tank Battalion are parked in a quarry below him. (The quarry is on the Cassino - Caira Rd north of Cassino.} Group of Italian civilians walk past a line of Sherman tanks parked along the empty riverbed of the Rapido River. U.S. soldier observes the Abbey of Monte Cassino through binoculars. Two American soldiers climb aboard an M4 Sherman tank mired down in the mud.(It has been identified as tank number C-14 belonging to the 3rd Platoon of C Company, 756th Tank Battalion.) Their Jeep is parked beside it. U.S. soldiers dug in along a roadside. One soldier plays solitaire with cards. Two soldiers place several propaganda leaflets into artillery shells.