Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers bomb Genoa, Italy during World War II. Lancaster bombers on an airfield in England as they take off for a night raid over Genoa, Italy. A map of Italy depicts the location of Genoa. Aerial view of thee city at night. Flares being dropped and then bombs descend and strike the city. Smoke rises due to the explosions. A rail road station being bombed. Flaks rise due to firing of anti aircraft guns. Searchlights drop and bombs being dropped in a second run over the city.
German officers tour Italy during World War II. Buildings in the background at a sea shore. Men seated at a desk type documents. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler with German officers in his private railroad car. People gather at a railroad station in Florence, Italy. They wave towards Hitler. The crowd cheers and applauds. Hitler is greeted by officers. Soldiers stand at attention. Italian citizens gathered cheer him and applaud. Hitler seated in a car passing on a street of Florence. People gather along the sides of streets. Buildings along street sides. Hitler and officials enter the Palazzo Vecchio. Scenes inside the palace, where German and Italian officials shake hands and discuss. Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini and Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa Rodolfo Graziani at a station and later at a reception. Headline of Italian newspaper Il Barcello reading "Mussolini e Hitler a Firenze!" People gather in a large number and cheer on the Piazza della Signoria. Elevated view of the crowd from roof or a high balcony of the Palazzo Vecchio. Trumpet players on balcony play to crowd before Mussolini and Hitler appear. People cheer as the Italian and German leaders appear on the balcony.
The greatest mass migration from Venice, Italy to Libya, North Africa. Thousands of people from Italy gathered at the Piazza San Marco during a send-off ceremony. A cardinal leads a mass for Italian settlers leaving for Libya. Crowds gathered outside the Basilica of St. Mark (P.za San Marco, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy). Italian settlers carry their belongings with their children. They board a fleet of ships for Libya to help settle into its colony.
Various buildings of Rome, Italy. Sign reads 'Aeroporto Ciapino Ovest' in the Roma Ciampino Airport (Francesco Baracca Street, - 00040 Rome Lazio). Traffic along road. Old Roman viaduct in the Parco degli Acquedotti (Via Lemonia, 256, 00174 Rome Italy), southeast of Rome. Porta San Sebastiano (Via di Porta San Sebastiano, 18, Rome, Laz. 00153), the largest and one of the best-preserved gates passing through the Aurelian Walls and the gateway to Rome. Flagpoles of the Italian and Olympic flags are displayed near the Porta San Sebastiano. Terme Caracalla (Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 52, 00153 Rome Italy) and traffic in the foreground. The Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo 1, Rome, Lazio 00184 ) with traffic in the foreground.
Adolf Hitler arrives by train in Roma Ostiense station in Rome, Italy (Partigiani Square, - 00161 Rome). King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy greets Adolf Hitler with a military salute. Italian Premier Benito Mussolini and Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano greet Adolf Hitler with Roman Salute upon arrival. Adolf Hitler shakes hands with King Victor Emmanuel III, Benito Mussolini and Count Ciano. Adolf Hitler addresses cheering Italian crowds from the Bernini balcony of the Quirinial Palace, the royal residence of the King of Italy (Piazza del Quirinale - 00187 Roma (RM)). In Rome’s Roma Termini Station (Piazza dei Cinquecento - 00185 Rome), Adolf Hitler says goodbye to Benito Mussolini and Count Ciano before he boards the train heading for Florence and Germany. Adolf Hitler waves at crowd from train window.
Soldiers of the U.S. 34th Infantry Division, 442nd Infantry Regiment (comprising soldiers of Japanese ancestry) march single file along a dirt road in Italy, during the Rome-Arno campaign of World War 2. The road is tree-lined and several hay stacks and a large building are seen close to the road. Three of the soldiers take up positions in deep grass. One is armed with a Thompson M1A1 Submachine Gun, and another holds a heavier weapon. The troops take a break in shade of the trees along the road. Closeup of one soldier. Several others converse in a group. One soldier "hits the dirt" in a roadside ditch and then crawls while hidden and fires across the road. He jumps back into deeper foliage.
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