Liberation of Rome by the Allies during World War II. Allied soldiers loaded onto a tank enter Rome. A sign in Italian. Civilians gathered in St. Peter's Square. Allied soldiers ride bikes. Civilians and traffic with the Colosseum in the background. A large crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square cheers. A child in a pram. A woman kisses a soldier.
Liberation of Rome by the Allied forces during World War II. Allied soldiers are greeted by civilians. Roman Catholic priests speak to Allied soldiers in Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City. Italian people and children clap and cheer as they celebrate the liberation of Rome from Nazi German rule. People gathered outside the RAI building. Tanks move past Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (Altare della Patria, Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). Soldiers walk as civilians look on. Children seated along a sidewalk. Civilians milling about in front of the Colosseum. Civilians gathered around a bulletin board. Allied soldiers on a truck near the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument.
Liberation of Rome by the Allies during World War II. Allied soldiers in Jeeps drive on the streets of Rome. Soldiers salute while on moving Jeep entering the Vatican City. United States Army General Mark Clark leads a convoy of Allied soldiers. French General Charles de Gaulle and retinue walk out of a building inside the Vatican. Swiss Guards with halberd follow the retinue. The Jeeps pass under a bridge. General Mark Clark with a cardinal as he visits the Vatican City. Civilians gathered on a street. A Swiss Guard in regular duty service dress uniform talks to a young United States soldier. Cheering people crowd Via Del Corso. The King Victor Emmanuel Monument (Altare della Patria Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) in the background. Civilians run on a street. People cheer and wave.
The use of the AZON (AZimuth ONly) smart bomb by United States during World War II. The Tenth Air Force Base in Burma. A soldier unpacks components of the AZON bomb. He unpacks a flare. Soldiers test the radio receiver. An airman conducts a final check on the tail assembly and inserts the radio receiver and battery. A 1 million candle power flare is fixed to the tail. The assembled bombs are brought to the waiting U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberators of the 9th and 493rd Squadrons of the 7th Heavy Bomber Group. The bombs are loaded onto the aircraft for mission targets in lower Burma. The B-24s in flight. The bombs are released. The flare is ignited by a delay fuse. Explosions on the ground as the bombs hit targets. The bombers in flight drop numerous more AZONs. They target roads, canals, and bridges. Six different bombs are dropped simultaneously.
Radio Luxembourg operated by the Allied Forces' Psychological Warfare Division to break down German morale and induce nazi troops to surrender during World War II. The Radio Luxembourg station in Luxembourg. U.S. Army soldiers in the recording studio. They read information from a document over the microphone. Other soldiers seated inside. Towers at Radio Luxembourg, the most powerful long wave station in Europe. A man at the controls. officers check the wavelengths. for various locations of reach. The Radio Luxembourg news room. Army Intelligence and other military sources prepare material for the especially prepared German broadcasts. The recording studio: A soldier operates controls. Two soldiers seated at a table. They read from a document into a microphone.
Activities in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. M36B1 tank destroyers in Germany. The tank destroyers advance through slush and mud. Soldiers of the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion attached to the U.S. Army 104th Infantry Division, seated on the tank destroyers. A 90mm gun is test fired. A soldier removes the barrel cover and fires the gun. Soldiers observe the impact. First United States Army soldiers instruct the 8th Infantry Division troops about the use of captured German guns. A soldier demonstrates the use of a captured German Panzerfaust, a recoilless anti- tank launcher. A tank is hit. Damage caused by the hit. France: The port of Rouen along the Seine River. Various ships arrive with cargo for the Allies battling at the Rhine. A LIberty and Victory ship arrives. The Marine Division of the Army Transportation Corps on board. Women soldiers at work. A soldier near an organizational chart on the ship.
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