The Battle of Monte Cassino in World War 2. U.S. troops shell the town. Smoke rises due to bombardment. Trees in the area. Mountains in the background. The monastery on Monte Cassino in view. U.S. Soldiers load and fire mortars. A soldier carries artillery shells up a hill. Several U.S. Sherman tanks are parked behind him. Another maneuvers into the parking area. Smoke rises from shells striking the town.
Allied soldiers advance during the Italian Campaign of World War Two. View of an Italian town. Wrecked German artillery pieces. U.S. crew climbs aboard M8 Personnel Carrier. Allied troops reconnoitering along a roadside. The drop to the ground in response to gunfire. Smashed German tanks. Allied soldiers climb on and in the tanks, looking for Germans. Allied troops cautiously explore woods and abandoned German bunkers. An Allied infantry patrol passes destroyed German armor and artillery pieces. Two American soldiers display a huge Nazi flag that they then stomp upon. Italian women and children walk through the rubble of their town and fetch water in a bucket. A mother washes her childs face. Another mother feeds her infant. Italian civilians gather around a picnic table in shade of a tree and pose for the camera.
Manufacturing of Italian heavy artillery gun barrels during World War I. Barrels are turned on lathes and rifled. Interior of rifled barrel with spiral rifling shown. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Manufacturing of Italian munitions during World War I. Women work on machines as they manufacture shells at an ammunition plant. Men operate machines as shells remain piled up. Women perform machining operations and arrange shells in racks. Shells and powder charges weighed as women pack powder charges. Shells processed on a machine. Men wearing mask as they perform a phase of shell assembly. Shells inspected by men and prepared for shipment. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Manufacturing of Italian ammunition during World War I. A group of munitions workers pose for picture. They are mostly women and children but include some men. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A man hammers a limestone piece to crush it to manufacture glass for military purpose in World War 1. Men work on circular glass sheets. Glass undergoes processing with the help of machines. Lenses inspected. Glass sheets grinded and polished. Glass used to manufacture products like mirror, searchlight and window glass. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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