Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini's declaration of war on Britain during World War II. A crowd assembled in Venice, Italy to hear the dictator's declaration of war. Dictator Benito Mussolini speaks from a balcony flanked by banners and large fasces (symbol of Fascism). Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie saluting in Ethiopia before Italian annexation of the country.
German soldiers surrender to United States soldiers in Turin, Italy during World War II. Two German soldiers examine grave of German soldiers. Convoy of motor carriages and passenger cars carry German officers to an assembly area. Captured German soldier prisoners of war march on the road.
German soldiers surrender to United States soldiers in Turin, Italy during World War II. Convoy of motor carriages and passenger cars carry German officers to an assembly area. German soldier prisoner of war (POW) with bandaged arm. Soldiers wave.
German soldiers surrender to United States soldiers in Italy during World War II. Captured German soldier prisoners of war (POW) relax on an open ground in the assembly area. German surrendered artillery displayed on ground.
The 8th Evacuation Hospital in Pietramelara, Italy. A Laboratory courier jeep comes up the road and pulls into the hospital area. Medics move and carry the injured on stretchers in hospital area. The jeep stops in front of Laboratory entrance. Driver gets out of jeep and carries package into hospital laboratory. Interiors of a laboratory. Laboratory workers include enlisted men and officers perform tests for hemoglobin, hematocrit and plasma protein. A man drops blood drops into copper sulphate action mixture bottles. Laboratory worker at table moves from work area to refrigerator to bring bottles. He starts working on table.
The 24th General Hospital (also known as the “Tulane Unit”) in Florence, Italy during World War II. Interiors of Clinical and Bacteriological section. Medical technicians at work. A man approached one of the technicians. Technician working with chemicals in beakers and flasks. Lab burner boils liquid from a flask. Technicians perform tests for determination of non-protein nitrogen in blood filtrate. A row of technicians examines specimens under microscopes. Technicians at work in the Parasitology and Hematology section.