German troops surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. U.S. Army 91st Recon vehicles parked in front of La Scala opera house (Teatro alla Scala, Via Filodrammatici, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy) being mobbed by civilians. Tank men seated atop vehicles as civilians talk to them. Crowds line up along the streets as U.S. tanks and infantrymen move past. Tanks in the streets. Smoke rises in the background.
“RENOVATIO IMPERII ROMANORUM” ("renewal of the empire of the Romans") coin from the Early Middle Ages. The tomb of Holy Roman Emperor Otto II at the Vatican Grottoes below St. Peter’s Basilica (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City). Tombs of Holy Roman Emperors Frederick II and Henry VII inside the Cathedral of Palermo (Via Vittorio Emanuele, 90134 Palermo PA, Italy) and Pisa Cathedral (Piazza del Duomo, 56126 Pisa PI, Italy) respectively. Romanesque and Gothic churches in Germany and Italy such as the Speyer Cathedral, Orvieto Cathedral, Milan Cathedral/Duomo di Milano, Siena Cathedral. Intricate carving of a fleur-de-lis in Italy. The Last Supper painting, Mona Lisa, and a self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. Sistine Chapel and a sculpture of Moses by Michelangelo. Paintings by Albrecht Dürer. Italian-inspired palaces in Germany. The Sistine Madonna by Raphael Sanzio. Niccolo Machiavelli and his work “Rapporto delle cose della Magna”. Portrait of military commander Prince Eugene of Savoy (Principe Eugenio di Savoia) during the Austro-Turkish War by Jacob van Schuppen. European musicians such as George Frideric Handel, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner during the Early Modern period. Portrait of German literary figure Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Rome called “Goethe in the Roman Campagna” by J. H. W. Tischbeine. Paper with Italian words written “Goethe Le elegie romane” (“Goethe The Roman elegies” in English). Page flips to words by Goethe. The page reads "Alto sole tu stai e guardi la tua roma. Di piu grande mai vedesti e niente mai di piu grande vedrai come il tuo sacerdote Orazio nell estasi vaticino…".
The Germans surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. German prisoners loaded on a truck as they move past civilians. The prisoners smoke cigarettes. A German female prisoner peers from behind the curtains of a bus. Trucks move past the Italian civilians after the surrender of SS ( Schutzstaffel) troops. German officers in a car as they move past a large crowd. People milling about in the streets.
The Germans surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. U.S. Army Colonel Norman Fiske, Deputy Executive Commissioner arranges terms with German officers for the surrender of German prisoners. Hotel Regina in the background.
The Germans surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. German prisoners come out from Hotel Regina and get into cars and trucks. Female prisoners board a bus. German prisoners in a truck as it pulls away. German officers seated in open sedans as they move past Italian civilians gathered along the roadside. The civilians strike them and throw things in the cars.
The dead body of former Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini in Milan, Italy during World War II. The dead bodies of Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci in a morgue. Beaten and bloody faces of the dead bodies.
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