Scenes of Rome, during World War 2. View of the Pantheon. An American Army Air Forces officer throws a coin into the Trevi Fountain (Piazza di Trevi, 00187 Roma RM, Italy). Hypogeum of the Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). American Army Air Forces officer stands in Colosseum and pretends to give a speech. The Pyramid of Caius Cestius (Via Raffaele Persichetti, 00153 Roma RM, Italy) and the Porta San Paolo (P.za Ostiense, 00154 Roma RM, Italy).
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).
Invasion of Italy by the United States during World War II. U.S. Army Private Patrick MacDonald at home in the United States speaks about his experience of being in Italy during the war. Italian houses and buildings on a hillside. Italian men work in a spaghetti pasta factory. U.S. soldiers relaxing in Italy. U.S. ships off the coast of Italy. U.S. LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) at a Sicilian beach. A large number of U.S. ships off the coast of Sicily. U.S. Naval ships attacking targets on a beach during Operation Husky (Invasion of Sicily). U.S. antiaircraft guns open fire against German aircraft. U.S. troops aboard ships. Wounded men are treated aboard USS Savannah (CL-42). U.S. troops aboard landing crafts underway heading for a beach. The troops disembark from the landing crafts and advance inland.
Germans defend Cassino and Monte Cassino abbey in Italy during World War II. Map of Italy shown. General of the Nazi Germany, Albert Kesselring & German officers arrive in Italy and meet soldier. Kesselring gets into a jeep. German plane in the background. A man observe the posts from a roof. Gun crew at a table. They adjust artillery position. Artillery on road.
Over 4,000 American prisoners of war (POW) are taken to Rome, Italy during World War II. Captured United States soldiers jump from trucks near the Colosseum, in Rome, Italy. German soldiers guarding prisoners of war. View of Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). The line of marching American prisoners stretches far along the Via dei Fori Imperiali road. Italian spectators watch from the sidewalks, in silence.
Allied soldiers in southern Italy during World War II. Allied soldiers on tanks advancing through the streets of southern Italy. A number of men and children holding a banner that reads 'Soldiers of Liberation, You are Welcome'. A photographer with a camera around his neck in front of the crowd. Soldiers moving in columns along the streets. Buildings along the streets. People with belongings on cattle carts coming back to Italy after they were driven out by the retreating Germans. A British soldier helping the people to unload their belongings. The soldier beside a cart with a child. The cart in front of a small hut. A soldier leading cattle away. The soldiers carrying small boxes move among the trees. The soldiers moving on a path. Troops on tanks moving through a water body. Hills and mountains in the background. The soldiers moving in columns through a stream. An aircraft at an airfield. A former Italian Commandant and other officers talking. The soldiers unearthing a booby trap. Equipment on the airfield. A damaged hangar. Debris strewn on the ground. Allied forces at work on the airfield. British soldiers firing artillery across a marshy terrain. Explosions occur and smoke rises from a building. Several LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) at a sea shore. Trucks moving out of the LSTs. Soldiers beside an LST.
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