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• THE BATTLES OF MONTE CASSINO, JANUARY - MAY 1944

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit 1944-05-24

  Commander of the Polish 2nd Corps, Lieutenant General Władysław Anders and the Commander of the Allied Armies in Italy, General the Hon Sir Harold Alexander salute, after General Alexander had invested General Anders with the Order of the Bath in...

• THE BATTLES OF MONTE CASSINO, JANUARY - MAY 1944

  part of "ZIMNAL M (LT COL)" (photographs) Made by: Polish Official Photographer 1944-05-18

  Polish and British flags hoisted over ruins of Monte Cassino Abbey after its capture.

• THE BATTLE OF CASSINO, JANUARY-MAY 1944

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit 1944-05-19

  Ruined shell of the Monte Cassino Monastery a day after it was captured by the 2nd Polish Corps troops. Photograph shows the only surviving wall of the Abbey after the bombardment in February 1944.

• BRITISH VS POLISH ARMY FOOTBALL GAME, ROME

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Menzies (Sgt) 1944-11-14

  Football team of the 2nd Polish Corps running onto a pitch in Rome. In spite of a change in the weather a huge crowd turned up. The final score was British Army 10, 2nd Polish Corps - 2.

• BRITISH VS POLISH ARMY FOOTBALL GAME, ROME

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Menzies (Sgt) 1944-11-14

  The British Army team takes the field to play against the 2nd Polish Corps team in Rome. In spite of a change in the weather a huge crowd turned up. The final score was British Army 10, 2nd Polish Corps - 2.

• BRITISH VS POLISH ARMY FOOTBALL GAME, ROME

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Menzies (Sgt) 1944-11-14

  Spence, British outside left, scoring the second goal. In spite of a change in the weather a huge crowd turned up. The final score was British Army 10, 2nd Polish Corps - 2.

• THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945

  part of "ZIMNAL M (LT COL)" (photographs) Made by: Polish Official Photographer 1944-07-26

  King George VI in conversation with General Władysław Anders, the CO of the 2nd Polish Corps, during his visit to the 8th Army in Italy. Castiglione del Lago airfield.

• SERVICE OF LT COL J R ARCHER-BURTON WITH THE CORPS OF ROYAL MILITARY POLICE, EIGHTH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY AND ITALY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ARCHER-BURTON J R (LT COL)" (photographs) 1944-05

  Polish troops outside the ruins of the monastery at Monte Cassino. Lt Col Archer-Burton was responsible for maintaining the supply routes in this area.

• THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945

  part of "ZIMNAL M (LT COL)" (photographs) Made by: Polish Official Photographer 1944

  Generals Harold Alexander, the Commander of Allied Armies in Italy, and Kazimierz Sosnkowski, the C-in-C of the Polish Armed Forces, somewhere on the Italian Front.

• THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit 1944-05-19

  Medics of the 2nd Brigade, the 3rd Carpathian Rifles Brigade (2nd Polish Corps) checking a picture of Jesus with a 'Heil Hitler' caption written across it. According to Polish writer, Melchior Wańkowicz, a witness of the battle, it was written by one of...