Aerial view railroad freight yard in Milazzo, Sicily. Railway station freight yard after devastation from the Allied Invasion of Sicily during World War 2. Wrecked train cars in front of Milazzo station. A destroyed automobile on top of a flat car. Upended rail cars, tracks and rubble are scattered all over the Milazzo railway station freight yard.
Abandoned trucks in freight yard in Milazzo Sicily during World War 2. Remnants of a motorcycle. An abandoned truck with rear doors opened. Assorted military supplies in the back of a truck. An abandoned water truck belonging to the “R. Aeronautica” (Regia Aeronautica, or the Royal Italian Air Force). Empty oil barrels with Italian words. Abandoned wooden crates of lubricant belonging to the Royal Italian Air Force. Scattered vehicular and machine spare parts, truck bodies, and wooden crates are abandoned.
United States soldiers walk together in the old town area of Milazzo after the Allied Invasion of Sicily during World War 2. More United States soldiers pass by ancient stone stairs, Italian man with donkey, and more curious townspeople. United States soldier pulls a mule carrying supplies. Soldiers pass by a church, walk up a sloped, busy street full of people.
United States lieutenant Colonel J. A. Heintges, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, interrogates two German prisoners captured by American paratroopers in World War II. One of the German prisoners is smiling.
July 10, 1943, U.S. invades Sicily in Italy. Fleet of warships underway. Navy bombardment of Sicily. Coast Guardsman observes through binoculars. Coast Guardsmen carry troops and supplies in LCVPs (Higgins Boats). LST-356 approaching Blue Beach 2, in the "Cent" area on July 10, 1943, loaded with tanks and other vehicles. A beach master signals with semaphore flags. Troops landing from assault boats. Concentrated enemy air attacks destroy U.S. boats and ships. Enemy aircraft in flight. U.S. troops firing. A map shows Italy. September 9, 1943, amphibious assault on Anzio, Italy. Naval bombardment, followed by troop assault on the beaches.
Sicily and Italy invaded by Allies. Allied troops land in beach of Sicily in 1943. Airplanes drop paratroopers over Sicily. Benito Mussolini ousted in Rome. U.S. battleship at the sea. American troops advance. Italy invaded by Allied forces during World War II. Soldiers riding Jeeps. American warships underway at the sea. General Eisenhower and British officials aboard a ship. Convoy in the sea. The Italian fleet surrenders to General Eisenhower. Italian crowd greets American troops in Naples, Southern Italy.
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