Italian campaign in World War 2. German gunners firing Krupp 17 cm Kanone 18 guns (one labeled "A" and the other "B"). Captured American prisoners of war (POWs) climb down from a truck. Next, large numbers of Allied POWs, including Americans, British, and British Colonial troops, are seen marching along a road. Film focuses on several captured Indian soldiers.
German soldiers moving through brush, in area of Nettuno, Italy, during World War 2. One carrying an MG 42 machine gun over his shoulder. Allied artillery shells bursting over mountainous wooded area nearby. German soldiers running over rugged hilly terrain. Allied shell bursting on a road. German soldiers firing from behind a natural hill. Officer signals to stop firing as several British soldiers surrender with arms raised. They are quickly searched for weapons, as another Allied shell lands only yards away from them and the camera. The British prisoners of war (POWs) being escorted down a hillside. Others, including one wounded, being escorted up a hill to be questioned. A german Krupp 17 cm Kanone 18 gun in camouflaged position on mountainside. Soldier gives signal to commence firing. German radio operator at a site in the field. German Kanone 18 gun firing from clump of trees. Shells exploding in distance. German soldiers holding their ears as guns fire.
Germans forces responding to Allied amphibious assaults at Anzio and Nettuno, Italy, during World War 2. Map of Italy. Views of mountains and land. German soldiers on a street corner. Street sign points to Anzio and Nettuno. German PzIII Ausf.K tank & 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 pass. Pz.IV lang tank of 16th Panzer Division. Soldier watch through binoculars from a concealed area. German troops move up in trenches. They fire mortars and artillery. Incoming Allied mortar fire and tracers seen flashing across sky. Explosions occur.
German troops and artillery dug in and operating against Allied forces in Italy during World War 2. Infantry dug in near heavy artillery setup among hills. German Gun crew firing 15 cm K 18 gun. Explosions and gunfire all around, some likely from counterfire. A German soldier speaking on a radio. German soldiers in sheltered positions. German artillery barrage appears to be directed toward a town in the distance.
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.
Map shows West coast of Italy and principal cities. Scenes of British and American armor destroyed during the Allied invasion at Nettuno, Italy. A sign on roadside reading, "Gefangenen-Sammelstelle" (Prisoner assembly place). An American soldier smoking a cigarette. One with arm in sling. German medic bandaging minor cut on hand of a British soldier and attending to another. American soldiers in an open field and in a prison courtyard. They look up at contrails from Allied and German airplanes in dogfight at high altitude. German antiaircraft battery firing at Allied bombers overhead. Bombs exploding nearby. Closups of the German gunners. Black flak clouds fill air above.
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