Italy 1944 - 1945
In the period from June to August 1944, the Allies advanced beyond Rome, taking Florence and closing up on the Gothic Line. This last major defensive line ran from the coast some 30 miles (48 km) north of Pisa, along the jagged Apennine Mountains chain between Florence and Bologna to the Adriatic coast, just south of Rimini. In order to shorten the Allied lines of communication for the advance into Northern Italy, the Polish II Corps advanced towards the port of Ancona and, after a month-long battle, succeeded in capturing it on 18 July.
3rd Grenadier Guards
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6th Armoured Division
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6th South African Armd Div
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A 25 pounder self propelled gun
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A knocked out Sherman tank
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A Staghound T17 armoured car
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Allied troops enter suburbs of Rome
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American troops open up with a heavy machine gun
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An American tank destroyer Artena
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Brigadier Mitchell
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Cautiously through the streets of Rome
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Grenadier Guards
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Major General Murray
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Major General Murray
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Men of the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers
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Soldiers push jeep bogged down in mud
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Tanks somewhere in Northern Italy 11 July 1945
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Tavoleto on the Gothic Line
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