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Downfall of Italy: 1944–1945

This video continues the story of Italy’s collapse in the final years of World War II. It examines the Allied advance up the ...
In the winter of 1944, the Allied powers had already landed in Southern Italy and were pushing north. It became obvious the ...
British historian and journalist Holland (Fortress Malta) vividly recalls the final year of World War II in Italy in this masterful narrative. The controversial decision to invade Sicily and Italy ...
At the beginning of February 1944, PFC. John Perkins Jr., along with the Allied Army at Anzio Beach, Italy, had still not been able to break through the German defense. The mail delivery time between ...
The author of Mouthful of Rocks: Through Africa and Corsica in the French Foreign Legion, Bosnia's Million Bones, and several other works, war correspondent and historian Jennings, gives us a very ...
After victories in North Africa and Sicily, the Allies invaded Italy in September 1943 and quickly bogged down, as German commander Kesselring fought a brilliant defensive campaign aided by miserable ...
Leningrad has been completely liberated and the Nazis have been driven 38 to 62 miles from the city, with more than 700 nearby towns and villages liberated, the Moscow radio said today. In Italy ...
2014-11-27T15:56:16-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/3d1/20141127155710003_hd.jpg1944 silent film of the U.S. Fifth Army being served a turkey diner during World ...
The daughter of a World War II veteran used the internet to track down three children he was photographed with 77 years ago — after almost firing on them. On Monday, they finally met face to face. By ...