May Day celebrations in Rome, Italy during World War II. A large crowd gathered at the Piazza Del Popolo. A podium with dignitaries on it. People carry flags and banners. People clap as they listen to the speakers. A man addresses the crowd from the podium. Banners bearing signs in Italian. A girl in the crowd faints and is being attended to. An Egyptian obelsik at the center of the Piazza. A statue in the foreground as people walk past it. People walk down a street as they carry flags.
The end of Fascism in Milan, Italy (World War II). A large crowd goatherd near the Esso gas station at Piazzale Loreto where dead bodies of Mussolini and other Fascists were hanged in Milan. Signs on the roof of the gas station. A sign reads 'Mussolini Petacci' indicating the point from where their dead bodies were hanged upside down. People gathered in front of a wall. On the wall is a picture of Mussolini and other Fascists who died with him. A woman empties a bowl in a box placed in front of the picture. A crowd gathered in the street as they watch the SS (Schutzstaffel) troops leave Hotel Regina (Via Santa Margherita, 6 20121 Milano MI Italy) in trucks and vehicles.
The end of Italian Fascism in Milan during World War II. People in a car as they move on a street with people on either side. A sign reads ' Regina' outside the Hotel Regina (Via Santa Margherita, 6 20121 Milano MI Italy). People look out from windows in a building. A car pulls up in the street. Women smile as they look down in the street from a balcony. Soldiers of 13th Tank Battalion of United States 1st Armored Division loaded on tanks as they move past the cheering civilians. Cars outside a building. German troops exit the Hotel Regina, used as the SS (Schutzstaffel) headquarters in Milan. German SS troops being questioned outside Hotel Regina. German prisoners seated in a car. Cars on tram tracks. A car being driven on the tracks.
German troops surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. U.S. Army 91st Recon vehicles parked in front of La Scala opera house (Teatro alla Scala, Via Filodrammatici, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy) being mobbed by civilians. Tank men seated atop vehicles as civilians talk to them. Crowds line up along the streets as U.S. tanks and infantrymen move past. Tanks in the streets. Smoke rises in the background.
The Germans surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. German prisoners loaded on a truck as they move past civilians. The prisoners smoke cigarettes. A German female prisoner peers from behind the curtains of a bus. Trucks move past the Italian civilians after the surrender of SS ( Schutzstaffel) troops. German officers in a car as they move past a large crowd. People milling about in the streets.
The Germans surrender in Milan, Italy during World War II. U.S. Army Colonel Norman Fiske, Deputy Executive Commissioner arranges terms with German officers for the surrender of German prisoners. Hotel Regina in the background.
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