U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt with Prime Minister of Britain Winston Churchill at the Sphinx in Egypt, and later, at a meeting with Turkey's President Mustafa Ismet Inonu. Later President Roosevelt reviews 7th Army in Sicily, from a jeep. He is accompanied by General Eisenhower, who sits in back of jeep next to Presidential Assistant, Harry Hopkins. President Roosevelt decorates General Mark Clark and five of his officers. General Clark receives the Distinguished Service Cross A man takes photographs. Seventh Army Troops march past. President Roosevelt and General Eisenhower eat a picnic lunch in a staff car with the doors open. President Roosevelt seated with his sons, Elliot and Franklin, Jr.
Axis defensive operations against Allied forces during the Italian campaign of World War 2. German Air Force Junkers Ju-52 transport planes take off from their base in Messina, Sicily, carrying members of their 1st Parachute Division to bolster defenses against the Allies who have begun amphibious landings in the South, during Operation Husky. A Closeup aerial view in a formation of Ju-52s flying low over water. Glimpse of German paratroopers inside one of the planes. View from below of paratroopers jumping from their planes, and their chutes descending over hilly terrain. But they are seen landing in fields, as the formation of transport planes flies away overhead. View from the ground of German Heinkel He 111 H-20/R1 aircraft dropping paratroopers, whose chutes are seen descending and landing in hilly terrain. Military equipment being dropped by parachute. The German paratroops gathering up their gear and heading to join their comrades. One is seen sipping fresh water from a mountain stream. View from the German positions of British and American positions being shelled by German artillery. German parachute infantry moving through sandy areas and underbrush. View from inside a German bunker. German artilleryman directing fire from a heavy field gun. German artillery putting up strong defense near Mt. Etna. British soldiers taken prisoners of war. German gunners, some stripped to the waist, firing heavy guns against British and American troops.
Allied Invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber aircraft fly in formation over mountains. Aircraft strafe grasslands and coastline installations. Bombs burst. Smoke rises due to explosions.
Allied Invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. United States Army Air Force(USAAF) A-20 Havoc bomber aircraft lay smoke trails. Mountains seen in the background. Paratroopers descend and land on a field. They advance on the battlefield. Paratroopers provide medical aid to wounded paratrooper. Paratrooper talks over walkie talkie radio. Paratroopers set up a mortar.
Allied Invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. United States Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain aircraft drop supplies by a parachute. C-47s fly in formation. Paratroopers jump from C-47 aircraft and descend. They land and advance on a battlefield.
Allied Invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. United States Army Air Forces Waco CG-4 military glider lands on an airfield. Pilots at control of CG-4 glider. Soldiers advance and fire rifles on streets. They drag a wounded soldier around the corner of a building.