A daylight raid by troops of the Joint US-Canadian 1st Special Service Force, on a German operation post at a beach in Anzio, Italy during World War 2. Brigadier General Robert Tryon Frederick, Commander of the First Special Service Forces (Black Devils Brigade) speaks to Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of 1st Special Service Force, Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Moore alongside a burning tank. A tank moves on a road. Battle worn troops on a road. The troops cross the Mussolini Canal. An officer near a burning tank. A tank moves past a burning tank. Troops walk in a line. (Note: the U.S. tanks were knocked out by German teller mines.)
A daylight raid by Commandos of the US-Canadian First Special Service Forces on a German Outpost in Anzio, Italy during World War II. German prisoners of war march on a road. Allied troops around a disabled M4 Sherman tank in a water filled shell crater. The troops dig around the tank.
Prisoners of war in Anzio, Italy World War 2. German and Italian prisoners in an outdoor area. The prisoners, under the guard of U.S. Army Military police, move about. The prisoners sitting against a wall of partially destroyed building.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. Tracers at night. An explosion at night. Fire blazes due to the explosion. Trees in the foreground as the explosion occurs.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A bulldozer uproots trees. A grader and a steam roller level the ground for a landing field. Soldiers jump out of a truck. The soldiers with picks work on the landing field strip. A United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft lands on the newly constructed field. Soldiers on a side of the strip wave to the pilot of the aircraft as it lands. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning burns after hitting a truck. Soldiers rescue the survivors. Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft land. Smoke from burning aircraft in the background.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A freighter in a river burns. Columns of smoke rise. Boats in the river.
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