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• 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 1944-03-16

  Picturesque photograph of the Italian town of Cerro, between Forli del Sannio and Venafro, taken by Sergeant Christie, the No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit photographer, during his tour of various units of the 3rd Carpathian Rifles Division (2nd...

• 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 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.

• 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 1944-02-14

  Snow camouflage coated AFPU cameraman, Sergeant Eric Deeming, filming troops of the 2nd Coy., 1st Battalion, 1st Carpathian Rifles Brigade, 3rd Carpathian Rifles Division, returning from a patrol. Height 1210, north of Rionero in Vulture.

• THE 2ND WARSAW ARMOURED DIVISION DURING THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943 - 1945.

  part of "ZYGMUNT MAKOWSKI COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Makowski, Zygmunt 1945

  Soldiers of the Carpathian Lancers Regiment (2nd Armoured Brigade, 2nd Polish Corps) by a row of their T17E1 Staghound armoured cars, in the street of one of the liberated Italian cities. Regular, daily life seems to be back to normal as a local girl...

• 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 1944-05

  Major Leon Gnatowski (foreground, on the right), the CO of the 15th 'Wilno' Battalion of the 5th Brigade (5th Kresowa Division, 2nd Polish Corps), giving instructions to his men during a rest. Battle of Monte Cassino.

• 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...

• THE POLISH ARMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1941-1943

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit 1942-05-18

  General Józef Zając, the CO of the Polish Army in the Middle East, presenting General Claude Auchinleck, the C-in-C of the Middle East Command, with the Virtuti Militari medal. General Neil Methuen Ritchie, the CO of the 8th Army, is awaiting his turn to...

• THE POLISH ARMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1941-1943

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit 1942-05-18

  General Józef Zając, the CO of the Polish Army in the Middle East, saluting General Claude Auchinleck, the C-in-C of the Middle East Command, after presentig him with the Virtuti Militari medal. General Neil Methuen Ritchie, the CO of the 8th Army, is...