Italian Front Collection

The so called "Tobacco factory"at Carocetto, Italy
The so called " Tobacco factory" at Carocetto, Italy, scene of bitter fighting during the bridgehead battle, fell to British troops on 28th May 1944

"Anzio Odeon", a dug-out at Divisional Headquarters
" Anzio Odeon", a dug-out at Divisional Headquarters, sandbagged and camouflaged, where films are shown to the men of the British Army serving on the Italian Front at Anzio

British Fifth Army at Anzio Bridhead during the Second World War. Despite having to attend fires day and night on the bridgehead at Anzio, Italy

The heavy flow of traffic over the two main roads in the bridgehead at Anzio, Italy has caused the surface to deteriorate

Fifth Army beach-head at Anzio on the road to Rome. One month after the landings still sees bitter fighting in the Anzio-Nettuno bridgehead

The tea ritual is observed even among the ruins of Ortona, Italy for Canadian soldiers K.H. Riddle of Granby, Quebec and S

British army soldiers Private J. Stutter (left) of Elie, Fifeshire, Scotland and Private M. Cambridge of Leeds eating their dinner in the snow on the Eighth Army Front in Italy during the Second

Allied soldiers of the Fifth Army fight to extinguish flames in an ammunition dump in the beach-head area of Anzio, Italy after a German bombing raid

WaF Officers of the Photographic Interpretation Branch in Italy visited the much damaged Foggia area to see the work done by bombers before the invasion of Italy

The Battle of Monte Cassino, a series of four assaults by Allied Forces against the Axis held Winter Line during the attempted advance on to Rome, Italy in the Second World War

No time is lost in repairing slightly damaged tanks on the Italian front. This tank was hit by a 75mm shell in the Eighth Army battle for Termoli. Craftsman Bird of Birmingham and his assistant Dvr

"Anzio Odeon", a dug-out, sandbagged and camouflaged
" Anzio Odeon", a dug-out, sandbagged and camouflaged, where films are shown to the men of the British Army serving on the Italian Front at Anzio. 6th March 1944

Gurkhas of an, Indian Division are holding a sector of the Italian front south of the River Senio. The only movement now is from recce patrols

Indian troops have been in the thick of the battles on the 8th Army front. On 2nd December 1943, Indian shock troops were reported pushing forward past Consalvi

The Eighth Army moving North and Northwest of Taranto, former Italian naval base, has captured Matera inland and Bari on the coast

A US mortar team uses a cart to move their equipment in the Venafro sector on the Italian front near Monte Sammucro. 5th January 1944

On the Adriatic sector of the Eighth Army front north of Faenza, Italy, Lieutenant G. Sherman, of Sutton, Surrey, in charge of a mortar platoon

Caldari, which occupies a strategic positions on the Ortona- Orsogna lateral road and railway, was occupied by the Indian and Home County infantry men serving With the 8th Army

Essential supplies for Allied forces fighting in the Salerno area of Southern Italy are flown to their destination by an American transport plane. Below is the town of Belvedere, Italy

Rhodesia regiment soldier Sergeant Joseph McCabe, 45 year old farmer from Queque, South Rhodesia and fighting with the Eighth army on the Italian Front

British Red Cross nurses who are administering to the wounded Allied soldiers barely one hours ride from the front line fighting in Sicily during the Second world War

British troops of the 8th army have cleared several pockets of enemy resistance on the east bank of the River Senio, south west of Bagnacavallo, Italy

Cerio Adolfo, an Italian labourer who was working on his farm near Larino when the Germans opened fire on him with a machine gun

Bandsman A. Frampton of the Isle of Wight at a loss with how to cope with a bout of non compliance on the part of a Sicilian mule

Life returns to normal in Sicilian towns occupied by the Allies. Civilians who fled from the battle zones have returned to their homes, harvesting is in full swing and people are going back to work

American private Stanley Kamin of Whiting, Indiana, USA, undoubtedly has the largest following of any soldier overseas by salvaging left over food from the company mess

British army troops find soldiering hot work during the height of the summer in Sicily during the Second world War. With their well known talent for improvisation

In an old Roman amphitheatre, well within range of German artillery and mortars, a British army soldier settles down as comfortably a possible during fighting on the Garigliano Front

Sweltering under the Sicilian sun, British Bulldog "George"
Sweltering under the Sicilian sun, British Bulldog " George" assists in guard duty outside battalion headquarters of the Royal 22nd Regiment

A little Italian boy, an evacuee from the Mount Cairo district in Lazio, Italy, did not like leaving his home and attempted to go back

800 yards from the enemy lines, British infantry are entrenched on the 5th Army main front in Italy. By day they live under fire from enemy mortar shells

Vehicles tried unsuccessfully to get through to an isolated British outpost in Italy. Their tracks made excellent runs for these Canadian volunteer ski-troopers; saved them considerable trouble in

Soldiers of the British Eighth Army take control of a town in Sicily following the Allied landings on the island in the Second World War. August 1943

On the FifthArmy Front in Italy during the Second World War. In their drive from the south towards Imola and Bologna, British troops of the 5th Army in Italy have captured Monte Penzola

When Allied landing forces established the beachhead at Nettuno, Italy, B-26 Marauders bombers of the United States Army 12th Air Force gave support to the operations by bombing vital communications

Deep snow on the Eighth Army Front near Castel Frentano on the Italian Front during the Second World War. Bombardier Holt of Watford spots for enemy planes through his binoculars

Major General Sir Ernest M. Cowell, Director of Medical Service, AFH Algiers, visits the Fifth Army at the Anzio beach-head in Italy to inspect medical units in the field

British troops from the 8th Army approach the Gothic Line before the breakthrough on the Adriatic sector of the Italian front

Canadian armour crossing a Bailey Bridge over the River Sieve, Italy. September 1944

Forward troops of the 8th Army entered the town of Arezzo, Italy on the morning of 16th July 1944 and were followed at mid-day by tanks

A six-inch howitzer of the Royal Artillery, during the Tenth Battle of the Isonzo 10th May 1917

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