Allied campaign in Italy during World War II. A map of Italy depicts how the Allied Army shattered the Gustav Line and the Allied attack on Cassino. Soldiers fire artillery in Cassino. On May 18th 1944 Cassino fell resulting in Allied victory. Prisoners of war being taken. Dead German soldiers on streets. German soldiers seated together appearing dejected and exhausted. A map of Italy depicts Allied activities along the coast of Italy on May 23. Allied soldiers smile.
Liberation of Rome, Italy by the Allied Army during World War II. Aerial view of an Allied convoy as it advances towards Rome. Allied soldiers on a field. Tanks and soldiers advance towards Rome. A sign reads ' Roma 23 '. German prisoners march past wrecked German equipment. Soldiers seated outside a building in a street. A civilian fires a rifle from behind a wall as Allied soldiers look on.
Liberation of Rome, Italy by the Allied Army during World War II. U.S. light tank passes knocked out German StuG III Assault Gun. Tanks near a rail road track. A wrecked truck towing an 88mm FlaK Cannon on a field. Dead bodies of German soldiers on a field, by roadside and near smashed up vehicles. U.S. soldier inspects knocked out Italian Semovente, self-propelled gun. An Allied soldier walks past a truck towards a dead German soldier. Allied soldiers atop tanks. Prisoners march.
German prisoners of war at work digging graves for fallen American soldiers, at the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944, shortly after the D-Day invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord). This is the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II, and located on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel, east of St. Laurent-sur-Mer and northwest of Bayeux in Colleville-sur-Mer. (It is now the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.) Vertical posts with dog tags attached, mark the gravesites of the fallen troops. American soldiers sit near covered dead bodies of the fallen and perform tasks of identification and grave assignment. Covered remains of one soldier are carried across the field on a stretcher. Barrage balloons are seen in the sky overhead.
The U.S. Army Air Forces Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, during World War 2. USAAF P-38 aircraft on the flightline. A P-38 on takeoff roll passes the camera. Camera pans across the runway to a line of parked B-25 bombers. A B-24 Liberator bomber of the 90th Bomb Group (Skull and Cross Bombs on its tail) takes off, followed by two P-38s,and another B-24. Closing segment shows several Japanese prisoners of war.
United States Marines in Saipan, Mariana Islands during World War 2. Flame trees in bloom. Lake Susupe from Fina Susu Ridge, overlooking Aslito Road, back toward the landing beaches around Charan-Kanoa. Marines cook food over fire. Marines seated with sand bag mounds in the background. Japanese prisoners carry gear. A Marine comes out of a building as he smokes. Men board a DUKW (amphibious vehicle) as it moves away.
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