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German stronghold reduced to rubble in Italy (Item)

Photograph of Allied vehicles parked in front of a destroyed German stronghold, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "German stronghold reduced to rubble in Italy. Allied armored cars halt on the road to Naples, Italy, before a devastated building which had once been a German strong point. Accurate Allied bombing reduced it to ruins and forced the Germans to continue their retreat…

First prisoners in Sicily (Item)

Photograph of Royal Navy servicemen guarding Italian prisoners of war on a beachhead in Sicily, Italy, July 10, 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "First prisoners in Sicily. British naval commandos, one of whom is armed with a sub-machine gun, guard a group of some of the first prisoners captured in Sicily. The Italian soldiers march in order along the water's edge to board waiting Allied ships.…

U.S Treasury Secretary visits war front in Italy [Lieutenant General Clark and Treasury Secretary Morgenthau] (Item)

Photograph of Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark (left) and Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. (right) surveying an Italian railyard damaged by Allied bombers, Caserta, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. Treasury Secretary visits war front in Italy. U.S. Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, Commander of the Allied Fifth Army, shows U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry…

Allied hospital ship bombed by Germans [HMHS Newfoundland] (Item)

Photograph of the damaged HMHS Newfoundland, an Allied hospital ship, after being bombed by German forces, Salerno, Italy, circa September 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "Allied hospital ship bombed by Germans. This Allied hospital ship, the Newfoundland, was bombed by German dive bombers off Salerno, Italy, on Sept. 13, 1943. No patients were aboard the vessel when it was attacked. A total of…

On the road to Comiso (Item)

Photograph of an American soldier walking past an overturned Italian tank on a road near Comiso, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "On the road to Comiso. In Southeastern Sicily, a U.S. soldier passes an overturned Italian tank at the road's edge on his way into Comiso shortly after the successful Allied invasion of the island. The town can be seen in the background. 13697-PPA. Not…

German repair shop wrecked by Allied bombs (Item)

Photograph of damaged buildings, including a German armament repair shop, near Torre Annunziata, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "German repair shop wrecked by Allied bombs. This German armament repair shop near Torre Annunziata, Italy, was wrecked by Allied bombers during the Allied Fifth Army's advance to Naples from Salerno in the campaign of liberation against the Germans on…

American soldiers man captured gun (Item)

Photograph of United States Army soldiers with a captured 20mm antiaircraft gun, Italy, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "American soldiers man captured gun. American soldiers man a 20 mm. anti-aircraft gun, captured by Allied forces on the beach at Paestum, Italy, in the early stages of the campaign against the Germans on the Italian mainland. The four-barreled gun, camouflaged by…

[Aerial view of unidentified location in Italy] (Item)

Aerial photograph of an unidentified location in Italy, circa 1943-1945. Inscription on verso: "Factories in Italy."

[Colosseum, Rome, Italy] (Item)

Photograph of the Colosseum, Rome, Italy, July 13, [1944?].Inscription on verso: "Rome. July - 13. Colosseum."

[Aerial view of Rome, Italy] (Item)

Oblique aerial photograph of Rome, Italy, July 13, [1944?].Inscription on verso: "Rome. July - 13."

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