The Liberation Of Rome (1944)

National Archives and Records Administration

THE LIBERATION OF ROME

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964)

ARC Identifier 24348 / Local Identifier 111-CR-1 . Reel 1, Gen. Montgomery and the British 8th Army land at Reggio Calabria. The Italian navy surrenders to the Allies. Gen. Mark Clark and the U.S. 5th Army land at Salerno behind an intense naval bombardment. The Luftwaffe bombards the beachhead. The 5th and the 8th Armies meet. The Allies take the Foggia airfield and later enter Naples. Refugees return to the city. U.S. troops cross the Volturno River and advance through mud. Reel 2, Ortona is taken after street fighting and a savage tank battle. Gens. Eisenhower and Clark inspect Cassino defenses. 5th Army units land at Anzio. Gens. Rommel and Kesselring direct the arrival of Nazi reserves. British Gen. Alexander directs an artillery bombardment on the Gustav Line. Cassino falls. Allied tanks roll toward Rome. The Nazis evacuate the city and 5th Army units enter.

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[Stampalia2009]

IT IS REALLY VERY RIDICULOUS !!! THE CONQUEST OF ITALY BY U.S.A. IS LABELED ""LIBERATION"" !!! WE (THE PEOPLE) HAVE LOST THE WAR.... BUT WE ARE NOT TOTALLY STUPID !!!!

[kerjaauto2]

Normandy landings outshone the liberation of Rome.

[vargaselisa11]

ROME LIBERATORS THAT ARE STILL WITH US THANK GOD KEEP THE INFORMATION COMING FOR THOSE OF US WHO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND COURAGE

[preemptivestrike20]

@dave19941000 Can you post a source to back up your claim. I'd be very interested to read it.

[dave19941000]

@preemptivestrike20 But did they liberate it? I didn't think so.

[preemptivestrike20]

@dave19941000 3rd Platoon, 88th Reconnaissance Troop, 88th Infantry Division were the first to enter Rome.

[dave19941000]

The Allied 5th army walked in from the South, but it was the Canadian 1st army that liberated it and was first in at 3 AM, then our orders where to move on north and let the 5th move in during the day, making our victory forgoten by many as one by the US. If a history book sais the US liberated Rome, though it out, it's wrong.

[doodle397]

my grandfather faught in this campain,he was in the fifth army.can you tell me were to find more footage of the fifth army in action?