Volunteer Fascist Youth march to war in Italy during World War II. Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (GIL) members march on streets with packs on their backs in Genoa, Italy. Groups of Fascist youth gather in front of the Arco della Vittoria (Piazza della Vittoria, 1, 16121 Genova GE, Italy) in Genoa. An Italian speaker gives a speech. Civilians watch standing on sides of the street. A group of Italian women clap their hands and cheer.
Relations between Italy and Romania during World War II. Romanian Brigadier-General Petre Antonescu and Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Mihail Sturdza, arrive at the Roma Termini Station (Piazzale dei Cinquecento 00185 Rome Italy) in Rome, Italy. They are greeted by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count Gian Galeazzo Ciano. The two Foreign Ministers give each other the Roman Salute. Romanian and Italian flags festoon the train platform. Romanian Brigadier-General Petre Antonescu and Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Mihail Sturdza, and Count Ciano exit Termini Station together. They review soldiers. They get in a car and drive toward Villa Madama, near the Foro Italico complex. Antonescu and Prince Sturdza arrive in Villa Madama (Via di Villa Madama, Rome, Laz. 00135). Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini receives them in the Palazzo Venezia (Piazza Venezia, 3, Rome, Laz. 00186). Benito Mussolini poses with Petre Antonescu, Prince Sturdza and Count Ciano.
Ruins in Naples, Italy. Arrow sign of Naples. U.S. personnel in army jeep outside a building. Pedestrians along a street. Demolished buildings and bomb destruction from World War II bombing. View of Castel Nuovo or Maschio Angioino (Via Vittorio Emanuele III, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy). Traffic on road and a building in background. View of Naples harbor. View of the Egg Castle or Castel dell'Ovo (Via Eldorado, 3, 80132 Napoli NA, Italy). A ship underway in sea. Mountains behind shoreline.
The Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence, Italy, in World War 2. A sign in Italian reads “Ponte Vecchio é permesso il passaggio solo per pedoni e carrette a mano” (“Ponte Vecchio is allowed to pass only for pedestrians and handcarts” in English). The sign reads 'Ponte Vecchio' in Italy near Arno River. People of Florence cross the ruined Ponte Vecchio Bridge (Ponte Vecchio, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy). Several buildings lined on a side of the bridge. Men walk with bicycles. People walk through a mine cleared path approaching Ponte Vecchio Bridge. Italian refugees escape from German concentration camps near Florence. U.S. Brigadier General Edgar E. Hume, 5th Army, talks to the refugees. Several refugees stand in a group. A United States soldier distributes cigarettes to Italian men. Men smoking. Shops in the background.
The annual Regatta Storica takes place on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Several gondolas and boats are being rowed in the Grand Canal during the Regatta Storica. The boats row under the Rialto Bridge (Sestiere San Polo, 30125 Venezia VE, Italy). King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy speaks to officials as he watches the regatta. A group of men row an elaborate boat.
Allied campaign in Italy during World War II. Allied troops and equipment advance in southern Lazio region on the way to Rome. Various street signs on the way read “Rome”. A map of Lazio region in Central Italy showing the advance of Allied troops into Rome. Nazi German soldiers withdraw in front of Porta San Giovanni (Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 00100 Roma RM, Italy), near the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Deserted streets of Rome as the Nazis withdraw, an Italian priest walks nearby. Italian man gives a speech in front of crowd, cheering for the incoming Allied troops. Allied troops enter Rome and civilians celebrate their liberation. Newspaper headlines about the liberation of Rome. Pope Pius XII addresses a large gathering from a balcony in the Vatican City. People gather and pray in Saint Peter’s Square (Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Lazio. 00184). People lay down flowers around dead soldiers. A soldier removes his gear and helmet as he enters a church. A church bell rings.
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