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2nd Battalion, 86th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division. Photographer: Graning, 196th Signal Photo Co.

Ponte di Bomporto sul fiume panaro nel 1945

"3 Mar 45, 5/MM-45-3737. Fifth Army, M. della Vedetta, Italy. Prisoners are flushed out of house by assault platoon of "K" Co., 87th Mtn. Inf., 10th Mtn. Div., during the attack on Monte della Vedetta on the Poretta-Moderna Highway toward the Po Valley. The Germans had refused to surrender to troops occupying this knoll about 150-200 yards away. Photo by Baker. 196th Sig. Photo Co."

British troops breach gothic line. It was announced on September 2 nd that as a result of the swift and secret advance of British troops of the 8 th Army launched of August 26 th , the Gothic Line had been breached in the Adriatic sector of the Italian front to a depth of several miles. The defences of the line, last enemy prepared position south of the river Po , had not been competed when the Germans were forced to withdraw. Heavy fighting continues, but the breach is being enlarged each day. Picture shows a demolished bridge in the Fano area below Pesaro .

Brazilian Artillery on Gothic Line, Sep. 1944

Canadian Army during the Italian Campaign of World War II. Churchill tank of 1st Canadian Armoured Division advancing towards the Gothic Line, 26 August 1944.

Original caption: "The remains of a German strongpoint [at Fano] comprising a turret and 75mm L/70 gun from a Panzerkampfwagen V (Panther tank) guarding the road to Rimini, after the Desert Harassers fighter bomber aircraft of the veteran No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF had paid a call. Inspecting the bomb damage are 15728 Leading Aircraftman Harry Hogg Brown of Kiama, NSW (left), and 402100 Flight Lieutenant Douglas Lachlan Millar of Burwood, NSW."

A machine gunner and two riflemen of Co K, 87th Mountain Infantry, 10th Mountain Division, cover an assault squad routing Germans out of a building in the background. Sassomolare Area, Italy. Porretta Moderna Highway. 4 March 1945.

Gothic Line August 1944: The concept of Operation Olive

Fortifications of the Gothic line in the Apennines used against Fifth Army, November, 1944.

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A sexton 25-pounder self-propelled gun negotiates a hairpin bend on a mountain road near Mondaino during the advance through the Gothic Line, Italy, 6 September 1944. A sexton 25-pounder self-propelled gun negotiates a hairpin bend on a mountain road near Mondaino during the advance through the Gothic Line, 6 September 1944. (This is actually a Sexton 25 Pr SP)

IWM caption : Churchill tanks of 51st Royal Tank Regiment move forward near Isola Del Piano in support of 138th Brigade during the advance on the Gothic Line , Italy.

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Photographer: Katz Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.

Photographer: Katz Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.

Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.

Photo by: Katz Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.

Photo by Bell Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.

'MM-5-44-6001'; 'Signal Corps photo 29 May 1944 (Italy) Destination Rome. Japanese-American infantrymen, of a Fifth Army division which played a notable role in the spectacular offensive, are shown moving up to the front near Velletri to tackle another town on the road to Rome. Sig. C.[Signal Corps] radio telephoto from Italy.' Velletri, Italy. 29 May 1944

Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive.

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions , which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme . Russland, Kampf um Stalingrad, Luftangriff Zentralbild II. Weltkrieg 1939-45 An der Front in der Sowjetunion, Oktober 1942. Pausenlose Angriffe deutscher Sturzkampfflugzeuge auf Stalingrad. Riesige Rauchwolken der Brandherde liegen über der Stadt. 5703-42 [Sowjetunion.- Schlacht um Stalingrad.- Luftangriff]

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions , which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme . Russland, Kampf um Stalingrad, Luftangriff ADN-ZB II. Weltkrieg 1939-45 An der deutsch-sowjetischen Front im Oktober 1942: Ein Stuka der faschistischen deutschen Luftwaffe hat soeben über Stalingrad eine Bombe abgeworfen. (Aufnahme: Opitz) 5703-42 [Sowjetunion.- Schlacht um Stalingrad.- Luftangriff mit Flugzeug Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka"]

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions , which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme . Russland, Kampf um Stalingrad, Luftangriff An der Sowjetfront: Stuka über Stalingrad.- Die Maschine des Kommandeurs, der seine Gruppe führt. PK-Aufnahme: Kriegsberichter Opitz (Sch) 5703-42 "Fr.Fr.OKW" Oktober 1942 [Herausgabedatum] [Sowjetunion.- Schlacht um Stalingrad.- Luftangriff mit Flugzeug Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka"]