Allied forces enter Rome after liberation from Nazi Germany in World War 2. United States soldiers walk as Italian women and men clap and cheer for them on the street (likely in the Prati district). Soldiers waving at the camera. Crowds watch a tank driving on the street. Cheering and smiling Italian men and women. Italian men and women sit on top of a moving tank with soldiers. People assembled in front of the Altar of the Fatherland (Altare della Patria), also known as the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (Piazza Venezia, 00186 Roma RM, Italy), near the Capitoline Hill. Italians tear out a racist Nazi propaganda poster. Huge crowds enter the Vatican City through the Via di Porta Angelica. Clapping Italians. A tank with soldiers and crowds of Italians in front of the Altar of the Fatherland. Closer view of cheering Italians.
United States Army soldiers and the Red Cross host a Christmas party for orphans in Montecatini, Italy during World War II. Italian nuns and young children gather around a table. United States soldiers distribute cookies to orphans. Some of the girls hold their presents. Some soldiers and female Red Cross workers carry young orphans during the Christmas party. A soldier puts his helmet on an Italian girl Soldiers give a girl chocolate and talk to her. Orphans admire their gifts from soldiers and the Red Cross. A Red Cross worker smiles while holding an orphan. A soldier helps a boy drink from a cup. Another bald Italian boy speaks to the soldier. A soldier plays the piano. Soldiers sings with children.
A U.S. LST (Landing Craft Tank) off the coast of Gela, Sicily, Italy prior to its invasion during World War II. Two DUKW (six-wheel drive amphibious truck) head for the LST stationary off the coast of Gela. A DUKW enters the LST. DUKWs loaded with supplies leave the LST and head for the shore. A DUKW approaches the shore. U.S. troops on the shore of Gela.
U.S. landing operations during the invasion of Gela in Sicily, Italy during World War II. A U.S. DUKW (six-wheel drive amphibious truck) arrives on a shore. DUKWs advance inland. U.S. troops jump down from the amphibious trucks. Supply boxes are stacked. The troops unload supply crates from a landing craft at the beach. Heavy equipment unloaded from an LST (Landing Ship Tank) at an Italian seaport.
Ruins in Palermo, Sicily, Italy during World War 2. A drawing of Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. Damaged buildings around the damaged harbor of Palermo. Wrecked ships and debris. U.S. troops mill around. Damaged and fire gutted buildings. A scraper cleans away the debris. Military men also clean the debris. Monte-Pellegrino visible in background of some scenes.
United States amphibious landings on Licata for the invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. A LST (Landing Ship Tank) underway. A beach in the background. A landing craft underway. U.S. troops man torpedo tubes on the deck of a DD (destroyer). LSTs underway. Stern wake of the DD. A U.S. soldier looks at the setting sun through binoculars.
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