German troops in Italy during World War II. A map of Italy. Despite an Allied air attack German troops bring up supplies by mule and truck to reinforce their positions. Troops put supplies on horse back. A soldier carries supplies in his hands. A German soldier looks through binoculars. Unidentified aircraft in flight. Smoke rises due to bombing. Damaged Monte Casino. German troops escort Abbot Gregorian Di Mare to Vatican city from the ruins of Monte Casino. Wreckage in Castle Gandolfo. The corpses of the dead.
Germans campaign in the European Theater of World War II. A map of Italy. German soldiers loaded on to trucks, cavalry units advance into Italy. Equipment loaded on a cart as men push it. Nazi leaders, including Marshal Erwin Rommel. Soldiers march in an Italian town. Nazi soldiers loaded on Pz.IV tanks of SS.Pz.Rgt.1 in Milan. Bison 150mm SP Howitzers drive down a street.
Aftermath of Allied bombings in Italy during World War II. Aerial view of the damage caused to town of Pisa, Italy. Damaged marshaling yards and an airfield. Destroyed buildings and houses. Leaning tower of Pisa. (Last 7 seconds show Rome and Littorio marshalling yards and airfield.)
Aftermath of Allied bombings in Italy during World War II. Aerial views of the coast. Buildings along the coast. Ships at the harbor, sunken boats. Destroyed factories, oil refineries and marshaling yards due to Allied bombings. Damaged roads and bridges. Destroyed buildings in a coastal town in Italy. Flotilla of Allied amphibious boats underway.
Allied vessels anchored at the harbor in Italy. An Allied patrol boat and an American warship at the harbor in Italy. An Allied destroyer at the harbor. Anti aircraft gun aboard a boat. A Landing Craft Infantry underway at sea. Radar antenna and blinker light signal on board a ship. A lifeboat hoisted in a sling aboard a ship with destroyers in the background. A PBY, a flying boat taxis along the water.
Rest and relaxation services for soldiers provided by the United Service Organizations (USO) in Italy during World War II. In Anzio, Italy: U.S. Army soldiers do comic diving at a swimming pool during a water carnival. A man performs a serious dive, and then a clown performs a humourous dive from the high diving board. People watch the event. Men dressed as women (men in drag) during a bathing beauty contest. The men dressed as women and wearing makeup pass by. One is dressed like Mae West but smoking a cigar. The soldiers hold a casual rodeo event riding a bull and a horse until they are bucked off. Men and women at a beach. A man and a woman enjoy in water. In a USO club, soldiers suffering battle fatigue get a break and rest. Soldiers listen to a fellow soldier at a piano, as they sing. A soldier writes on a paper. Soldiers play cards, read and do other activities. Soldiers attend a dance with women brought in by the USO. Soldiers read in a U.S. Army library. Books and magazines on a table including many small pocket editions of popular books of the era.
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