Task force formed in Naples, Italy for the invasion of Southern France during World War II. United States destroyer escorts, destroyers and Auxiliary motor minesweepers at the harbor.
U.S. aircraft in flight over Sicily, Italy. Aerial view of coastline. Island of Sicily. Mountainous terrain. Aerial view of buildings. Countryside view. Mount Aetna.
Wrecked Allied equipment in Anzio, Italy during world War II. A shell strafed ambulance as a soldier points at shell marks on the vehicle. A burned out ammunition truck. A soldier puts his fingers in a shrapnel hole in a wrecked British jeep.
Landing operations in Anzio, Italy during World War II. Allied ships underway at sea off the coast of Anzio. Troops and vehicles aboard a ship. A two and a half ton amphibious truck heads for a beach. An Allied ship in the background. Landing crafts loaded with troops pull away from ships towards the beach. Different types of landing crafts in the Anzio harbor. A barrage balloon in flight. An LSM ( Landing Ship Mechanized) lands on the beach after a bomb hit and smoke rises from it.
Landing operations in Anzio, Italy during World War II. Allied soldiers aboard an LST ( Landing Ship Tank). The soldiers eat sandwiches and drink coffee. They eat aboard the LST before landing at a coast.
Ruins in the city of Livorno, Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II. Aerial views of damaged harbor of Livorno after Allied bombings. Ruins in Livorno. A view of sunken ships. A damaged pier. Soldiers walk over to a parapet. Ruins in the city. Three soldiers walking along a road carry a full size mannequin dummy of a person.