Town sign of Messina during Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War 2. United States soldiers and jeeps pass through road in Messina. Soldiers walk through a street with houses and stone structures devastated by invasion. Four United States soldiers onboard a military jeep drive through rubble-strewn street in Messina. United States soldiers begin to clear rubble and wreckage from street using bulldozer. British soldiers pause briefly to share supplies from truck. Italian prisoners-of-war are made to march out of the city while holding white flags in surrender.
Traditional community life in Bethlehem and Jerusalem, British Palestine. Slate reads “It was into this half-Jew, half-Roman world, that Jesus was born in Bethlehem”. Aerial view of Bethlehem and holy sites. A Palestinian woman wraps her infant in a swaddle. Woman ties her swaddled infant with string. Woman carries her swaddled baby in a traditional baby carrier sling bag. A caravan travels in the desert. Desert in Palestine. Men riding donkeys to Bethlehem.
Fishermen in boats sailing in the port of Tiberias, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. Aerial view of the town of Tiberias, in British Palestine. Remains of Herod’s palace. Slate reads “Then he made his disciples at once embark in the boat and cross before him towards Bethsaida-”. White boats sailing on the Sea of Galilee. A single white boat sailing. Aerial view of Bethsaida, in present day Golan Heights, with Bedouin tents. Remains of an arch found in the area known as the Decapolis. Ancient Roman-era columns found in Jerash (northern Jordan). A stone-paved road in Jerash. View of Mount Hermon. Aerial view of the ancient city of Banias. Remains of the Hellenic temple of Pan in Banias. An Arab man points to ancient Greek inscriptions carved on the stone wall of the temple. Ancient Greek inscription written on the stone wall. Large stones found outside an ancient mine near Banias.
Allied armies break the Gustav Line at Monte Cassino in Italy during World War II. Thick clouds form from Allied bombing at Monte Cassino and the surrounding area. A camouflaged tank covered in foliage moving on a field. British soldiers duck and cover their ears after loading mortar. Soldiers covering their ears while firing mortar. Closer view of a camouflaged tank moving.
Troops in universal carriers (Bren carriers) advance through Italian countryside near Cassino. British soldiers passing at the side of a dirt road. Soldiers walking on foot. German POW soldiers are captured on the road. A captured German prisoner of war in full uniform. Allied soldiers escort and herd German prisoners over dirt roads. Faces of battle weary German prisoners of war.
Mandatory Palestine High Commissioner General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham visits an Infant Welfare Centre in Jerusalem. Palestinian officials greet General Cunningham. General Cunningham meets the nurses of the Infant Welfare Centre. Jewish children having their meals. General Cunningham meets the children during their lunch break. General Cunningham holds a Jewish child, other politicians pose beside him. Mothers in the Infant Welfare Centre meet the British High Commissioner. A sign over a door reads “Department of Health Infant Welfare Centre”. Crowds gathered outside watch General Cunningham leave the Infant Welfare Centre and board a staff car. A Jeep and other vehicles trail behind the High Commissioner’s car. Jewish and Arab civilians crowd a street in Jerusalem.
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