Carabinieri (Italian police force) check passes of civilians in Italy after liberation of Italy in World War 2. The civilians walk through 'No Man's Land' from Florence. A bulldozer clears the road in the background. Wrecked buildings in the background. Men and women stand in groups. Several men ride bicycles. People look across the river at ruined houses.
General Mark W. Clark and other officers of Allied Forces in Milan, at the end of World War II. General Clark, General Willis D. Crittenberger and Lieutenant General Sir Richard L. G. McCreery inspect honor guard. General Clark with other dignitaries. The party enters Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano, P.za del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy) and inspect damage by Allied bombing to the 12th century Romanesque Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio (Piazza Sant'Ambrogio, 15, 20123 Milano MI, Italy).
Preparations for the burial of former Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini in Milan, Italy. The dead body of Benito Mussolini with a mutilated face and a stitches on his chest. Mussolini's body lying on a mortician's table. The dead body of Clara Petacci, Mussolini's mistress in a casket. A man raises the head of the dead body. The dead body of General Achille Starace, Fascist Party Secretary in a casket.
Preparations for the burial of former Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini in Milan, Italy. The dead body of Mussolini on a mortician's table with a mutilated face and marks of stitches on his chest. People gathered around the body. The dead body of Clara Petacci, Mussolini's mistress in a casket.
The end of Fascism in Milan, Italy (World War II). A large crowd goatherd near the Esso gas station at Piazzale Loreto where dead bodies of Mussolini and other Fascists were hanged in Milan. Signs on the roof of the gas station. A sign reads 'Mussolini Petacci' indicating the point from where their dead bodies were hanged upside down. People gathered in front of a wall. On the wall is a picture of Mussolini and other Fascists who died with him. A woman empties a bowl in a box placed in front of the picture. A crowd gathered in the street as they watch the SS (Schutzstaffel) troops leave Hotel Regina (Via Santa Margherita, 6 20121 Milano MI Italy) in trucks and vehicles.
German troops surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. U.S. Army 91st Recon vehicles parked in front of La Scala opera house (Teatro alla Scala, Via Filodrammatici, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy) being mobbed by civilians. Tank men seated atop vehicles as civilians talk to them. Crowds line up along the streets as U.S. tanks and infantrymen move past. Tanks in the streets. Smoke rises in the background.