Invasion of Italy by the United States during World War II. U.S. Army Private Patrick MacDonald at home in the United States speaks about his experience of being in Italy during the war. Italian houses and buildings on a hillside. Italian men work in a spaghetti pasta factory. U.S. soldiers relaxing in Italy. U.S. ships off the coast of Italy. U.S. LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) at a Sicilian beach. A large number of U.S. ships off the coast of Sicily. U.S. Naval ships attacking targets on a beach during Operation Husky (Invasion of Sicily). U.S. antiaircraft guns open fire against German aircraft. U.S. troops aboard ships. Wounded men are treated aboard USS Savannah (CL-42). U.S. troops aboard landing crafts underway heading for a beach. The troops disembark from the landing crafts and advance inland.
View of the area around the Arno River in Florence, Italy. Pedestrians crossing the Ponte Vecchio bridge. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's companion Eva Braun's mother Fanny Braun and a woman walk by shops in Ponte Vecchio. Fanny walks up a series of steps leading to the Piazzale Michaelangelo (Viale Michelangelo, 50125, Florence Italy). View of the skyline of Florence as seen from Piazzale Michaelangelo. The tower of the Palazzo Vecchio (P.za della Signoria, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy) and the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo di Firenze, Piazza del Duomo, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy) are seen. Area around the Arno River. Eva's family members view Florence while sitting.
Queen Elizabeth II on an official state visit to Rome, Italy and the Vatican City. The Arch of Constantine (Via di San Gregorio, 00186 Roma RM, Italy) in Rome, Italy. Queen Elizabeth waves to the Italian crowd. Queen Elizabeth’s motorcade reaches the Quirinal Palace, to meet the Italian President Giovanni Gronchi. Italian crowds follow Queen Elizabeth’s motorcade outside the Quirinal Palace. With President Gronchi and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II waives from the Quirinal Palace balcony.
Germans defend Cassino and Monte Cassino abbey in Italy during World War II. Map of Italy shown. General of the Nazi Germany, Albert Kesselring & German officers arrive in Italy and meet soldier. Kesselring gets into a jeep. German plane in the background. A man observe the posts from a roof. Gun crew at a table. They adjust artillery position. Artillery on road.
Over 4,000 American prisoners of war (POW) are taken to Rome, Italy during World War II. Captured United States soldiers jump from trucks near the Colosseum, in Rome, Italy. German soldiers guarding prisoners of war. View of Colosseum (Piazza del Colosseo, 1, 00184 Roma RM, Italy). The line of marching American prisoners stretches far along the Via dei Fori Imperiali road. Italian spectators watch from the sidewalks, in silence.
Street scenes in Rome, Italy. People seated in a streetcar. Pedestrians cross the street. Men in Vespa motorcycles and cars on the street, crossing the streetcar tracks. Buildings and churches in the background. Italians riding bicycles. An Italian carabinieri directs the traffic. Scene changes to Milan, Italy. Street scene with police directing traffic along Via del Corso. Policeman raises his hand to give directions to the traffic in Milan, Lombardy. The Milan Cathedral (P.za del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy) in view. Streetlamps in view. Traffic of vehicles and pedestrians near square in front of Milan Cathedral.
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