Italian and German forces strike United States landing boats and Liberty Ships with bombs during the Battle of Gela in Sicily (Operation Husky, WWII). Italian forces attack a United States landing boat with bombs. Landing boat on fire, with its deck full of halftrack and personnel carrier vehicles. Half-tracks and other vehicles on boat are on fire. More bombings near the shore of southern Sicily. The SS Robert Rowan, a Liberty Ship and part of the 2nd Armored Division, caught on fire after being hit by three 500 kg German bombs. Thick black smoke covers the burning Liberty Ship. A dramatic explosion and smoke formation from the SS Robert Rowan. Other soldiers view the burning ship.
United States Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers bombing railway, highway and airfields in Northern France after the Normandy Landings (WW2). United States Ninth Airforce Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers flying to the German-occupied airfield of Lessay, Normandy. Aerial view of Lessay and nearby highway and railroad bridges being bombed. A Douglas A-20 Havoc drops bombs over a town south of Cherbourg. A railroad bridge is bombed. Dark smoke pillar rises from bombed railway bridge. Douglas A-20 Havoc medium bombers flying to bomb the Seine and the Belgian border two weeks after the Normandy landings. Thick clouds of smoke covers the heavily bombed airfield.
United States Martin B-26 Marauder bombers bomb German held petroleum facility near Cherbourg, France during World War II. United States Army Ninth Air force Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft in flight. Bombs dropping onto a German fuel storage area about 13 miles south of Cherbourg, Normandy. Aerial view of area around Cherbourg. Thick smoke pillar over a German petrol dump. Martin B-26 Marauders drop more bombs in flight. Aerial view of petrol dump severely bombed by the Ninth Air force bombers.
United States Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder bombers in flight over Southern Italy. B-26 Marauder bomber dropping bombs over Cassino. Aerial view of targets being blown up by bombs. Explosions and smoke arise from exploding bombs.
Naval battle between Allied warships and German forces inland at Menton, France during World War II. Aerial view of German shells landing in Menton, near the Italian border. The French battleship Lorraine and United States destroyers are sailing off the French Riviera. Smoke rises from bombardment of German positions in the mountains. Battleships fire their artillery, bombarding German positions. Smoke rises from the coast of Menton. Allied soldiers find two German sneak craft human torpedoes, also known as mini subs, beached in Cape Martin, a headland situated between Monaco and Menton in Southern France.
Exiled members of the Habsburg Dynasty in Southern France. Pretender to Austrian throne Archduke Otto of Habsburg enters a car outside hotel Villa D'Iris, Saint Jean de Luz, France. (16 Rue de Sainte-Barbe, 64500 Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) View of the hotel Villa D'Iris. Sign hanging outside the villa shows the office address of the Hotel Manager at 36 Rue Gambetta, Saint Jean de Luz. A white sheet is hanging on the balcony railing of the villa. Former Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma (wife of the late Emperor Charles I of Austria), enters a different car outside the hotel Villa D'Iris. She is accompanied by two women, likely two of her daughters.
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