Pope Pius XII meets Vatican priests and Allied troops at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. United States troops and British Troops at side of open aisle in Saint Peter's Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). Pope Pius XII stands from the throne and blesses the soldiers. The pope is raised into the Sedan chair or sedia gestatoria. The soldiers kiss the apostolic ring. Pope Pius XII carried through crowd of soldiers. The soldiers gather around the chair. (World War II period).
Ancient ruins of the Forum, in Rome, Italy, photographed during World War 2. The temple of Saturn and the Temple of Castor and Pollux at the Roman Forum (Via della Salara Vecchia, 5/6, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). The Temple of Vesta, the Basilica of Maxentius and various other structures in the Forum.
Landmarks in Rome Italy as seen during World War 2. Palazzo Venezia at the Piazza Venezia, with flag marking the famous balcony where Mussolini spoke. The Victor Emmanuel Monument or Vittoriano (Altar of the Fatherland, Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). The Palazzo Senatorio (Piazza del Campidoglio, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) on Capitoline Hill. The grave of John Keats (the English poet) in the Protestant Cemetery (Via Marmorata, 00153 Roma RM, Italy).
Liberation of Rome, Italy by the Allied Army during World War II. Aerial view of an Allied convoy as it advances towards Rome. Allied soldiers on a field. Tanks and soldiers advance towards Rome. A sign reads ' Roma 23 '. German prisoners march past wrecked German equipment. Soldiers seated outside a building in a street. A civilian fires a rifle from behind a wall as Allied soldiers look on.
Liberation of Rome, Italy by the Allied Army during World War II. Allied soldiers carry a litter wounded off an ambulance and into a building. Wounded being administered blood plasma. Medics treat the wounded. An officer looks through binoculars as soldiers move along a road. Allied soldiers loaded in tanks, jeeps and on foot as they advance towards Rome.
Liberation of Rome, Italy by the Allied Army during World War II. U.S. light tank passes knocked out German StuG III Assault Gun. Tanks near a rail road track. A wrecked truck towing an 88mm FlaK Cannon on a field. Dead bodies of German soldiers on a field, by roadside and near smashed up vehicles. U.S. soldier inspects knocked out Italian Semovente, self-propelled gun. An Allied soldier walks past a truck towards a dead German soldier. Allied soldiers atop tanks. Prisoners march.