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Italian refugees meet advancing U.S. soldiers. Carrying their belongings, Italian women, headed for safety behind the Allied lines, greet American soldiers who are advancing in the new offensive against the Germans in central Italy.

On board of a Dutch tanker. Among the units of the Netherlands Merchant Navy which continue to aid the Allied war effort, Dutch tankers take a prominent place. They help to supply the aviation spirit, so vital to the bombing offensives of the Allied Air Forces. The Dutchmen who man these ships carry out their dangerous work with the knowledge that thereby they are helping to win the war. The typical ...

Foto van lichtgloed bij nacht met schijnsel dat silhouet van boom en huis geeft. Tekst: "B.1788. MONTGOMERY'S NEW OFFENSIVE IN THE WEST. The new offiensive south-east of Nijmegen which Field Marshal Montgomery launched on febr. 8th, is making good progress. Fighting is now along the defences of the Siegfried Line. The glow in the sky during the RAF "softening up" of positions on the Bruk-Nijmegen sector ...

U.S. Engineers build pontoon bridge over Roer. Ninth U.S. Army engineers maneuver huge rubber pontoons into place as they begin construction on a heavy vehicle bridge to span the Roer River at the start of the new large-scale American offensive toward the Rhine launched February 23, 1945.

Overgave, aftocht, internering Duitsers. Allies find dead Germans stripped of shoes. Three dead German soldiers, stripped of their shoes, lie in a Dutch field where they were left by retreating Nazis during the 400-mile offensive launched by the Allies on November 8, 1944.

On board a Dutch tanker 'Dordrecht'. Among the units of the Netherlands Mercant Navy which continue to aid the Allied war effort, Dutch tankers take a prominent place. They help to supply the aviation spirit, so vital to the bombing offensives of the Allied Air Forces. The Dutchmen who man these ships, carry out their dangerous work with the knowledge that thereby they are helping to win the war. NI ...

U.S. warship gather for attack. Fighting ships of the U.S. Navy and their auxiliaries ride at anchor in a sunlit Allied port. The vessels gathered to receive orders for an offensive sweep against the enemy.

Allied troops advance in Central Italy. French infantrymen of the Allied Fifth Army scout the road ahead as a long column of American jeeps, tanks and other motorized equipment moves forward to take up advanced positions in the Italian village of Esperia after Alllied armies, in a new major offensive, had smashed through the heavily fortified German Gustav Line in West Central ltaly.

On board a Dutch tanker 'Dordrecht'. Among the units of the Netherlands Mercant Navy which continue to aid the Allied war effort, Dutch tankers take a prominent place. They help to supply the aviation spirit, so vital to the bombing offensives of the Allied Air Forces. The Dutchmen who man these ships, carry out their dangerous work with the knowledge that thereby they are helping to win the war. NI ...

Americans capture Italian field gun in Tunisia. This Italian 105 mm. cannon was captured intact and in working condition by U.S. soldiers as they advanced in the Allied offensive which drove the Axis put of Southern and Central Tunisia.

Tartar impressed into Nazi army. One of a groupof Tartars, Mongolians and Russians forced to fight in the German Army after their capture, this soldier was taken by the Americans during the opening of the offensive west of St. Lo. Nazis captured by the Americans said the men could not speak withh their fellow soldiers except through an interpreter as they did not know a word of German, French of English. ...

Nurse tends wounded Chinese on Salween River front. A nurse binds the wounds of a Chinese soldier, while one of his wounded comrades awaits his turn, during the recent fighting along the Salween River during which the Chinese beat off a Japanese offensive. Many of China's war nurses have been trained by the American Red Cross. NI 9266