Salerno War Cemetery
Salerno War Cemetery is administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is an ex-British and British cemetery. 1,846 citizens of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and 1 Soviet captain are buried here; it's found 9 miles (14.5 km) south-east of Salerno in the south-west of Italy.
Salerno (1943)
Full title reads: SALERNO.
Salerno, Italy.
Various shots of the ships of the American and British fleet assembled off Salerno preparing for invasion. Various shots of naval barrage, some shots below decks of the shells being loaded into guns. Various shots of the ships including troop transporters near the mainland.
Various shots of the The Anglo-American 5th Army landing on Salerno with its equipment which includes heavy artillery guns and trucks. More naval barrage.
Various dawn shots of the allied landings on Salerno. One of the ships gets hit and column of smoke rises.
Various shots of German prisoners being rounded up. More supplies and men coming ashore from landing craft.
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Mark Clark In Salerno (1946)
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General Mark W. Clark, present American commander-in-chief Austria and former Commander of the Allied Fifth army at the Salerno landings, revisits the town in Italy.
L/S Elevated shots of the town and Gulf of Salerno. Various shots American Military Cemetery at Salerno. M/S General Clark arriving is greeted by officials. The Italian Sculptor Calestine Petrone presents Gen. Clark with a bust of himself. C/U The Sculptor with the bust. C/U General Clark with the bust. Gen. Clark opens a new Avenue in the town named after himself. Clark unveils a plaque on the memorial to the Fifth Army at the entrance to the Avenue.
Date on original dope sheet is 20/09/1946.
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British troops at the captured Montecorvino Airfield near Salerno, Italy. HD Stock Footage
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British troops at the captured Montecorvino Airfield near Salerno, Italy.
British soldiers in army trucks on the grounds of the captured Montecorvino Airfield near Salerno, Italy. Trucks and artillery moving into positions on the airfield. British soldier examines abandoned German planes on the airfield including a Focke-Wulf FW-190 fighter and a Junkers bomber in the background. British soldiers examine paperwork and abandoned tents with German signboards in front. Group of British and American soldiers in discussion near a partially destroyed hangar of Monte Corvino airfield. British soldiers unload crates and ammunition boxes from a truck. Location: Salerno Italy. Date: September 8, 1943.
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Wrecked buildings and ruins due to war in Salerno, Italy. HD Stock Footage
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Wrecked buildings and ruins due to war in Salerno, Italy.
Views of destroyed buildings in Salerno, Italy. Soldiers and civilians walking through the ruins. Debris of buildings scattered all over the streets. Text 'Scavi di Pompeii' carved on a wrecked building. Location: Salerno Italy. Date: November 9, 1943.
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Allies Enter Naples (1943)
Full title reads: ALLIES ENTER NAPLES.
Naples, Italy.
General Bernard Montgomery and General Mark Clark together talking over final plans for 5th Army advance on Naples. Various shots of British infantry men flushing out snipers in town of Cava. The snipers fire from building windows. British mortar in action on the street. Various shots of the British advance through streets of Cava.
Fifth Army lorries roll along to Pompeii. Various shots of the blown bridges in the German retreat at Castellammare harbour. Long shot of Vesuvius. In the foreground, a Sherman tank fires into the hillside.
Various shots of the artillery guns and tanks moving through Scafati, the Italians cheer them. Various shots of the American Mitchells flying over the area north of Naples and bombing roads and German troops. Line of American infantrymen moving along road.
Various shots of the 5th Army tanks moving through Pompeii. Several shots of the soldiers looking at some Roman ruins. The graves of the three British war correspondents killed by a German shell.
Various shots of the allies releasing the occupants of a concentration camp - Jews, antifascists, etc. They were given food and clothes. They then leave the camp free. Various shots of a Jewish couple at the camp getting married.
Various shots of the ruined Naples with Vesuvius in background. The 5th Army moves through. Two very young Germans are escorted through town. The troops are greeted by cheering people when they reach the centre of Naples.
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Operazione Avalanche. L'importanza dello sbarco alleato a Salerno del 1943
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Lo scorso 3 luglio presso il Salerno War Cemetery di Montecorvino Pugliano si è svolta la cerimonia di sepoltura dei resti di due soldati britannici ritrovati nel 2017 sulle colline di Giovi (Sa) dai volontari dell’associazione Salerno 1943. Le indagini per dare loro un nome sono, tuttavia, ancora in corso, visto che durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, i militari inglesi indossavano un piastrino di riconoscimento in cuoio che, dopo tanti anni nel terreno, si è decomposto. I caduti erano stati protagonisti dello sbarco a Salerno.
Lo sbarco a Salerno ebbe inizio alle ore 3:50 del 9 settembre 1943, poche ore dopo che Badoglio aveva informato il popolo italiano, via radio, dell’armistizio con gli Alleati. Il corpo di sbarco, guidato dal generale statunitense Mark Waye Clark, era composto da 450 unità, con a bordo 100mila soldati britannici e 70mila americani, provenienti dal Nord Africa e dalla Sicilia. L’Italia era occupata dai tedeschi, gli italiani erano loro alleati fino al giorno prima, quando fu dato ordine all’esercito italiano di cessare ogni atto di ostilità nei confronti delle forze anglo-americane. Gli Alleati ne vennero a conoscenza nelle ore antecedenti allo sbarco, ancor prima del popolo italiano. Si diffuse euforia a bordo, si pensò a un’operazione già vinta, scontata. Non fu così. I tedeschi si erano assiepati sopra le colline salernitane, a presidio dei punti strategici. Fu una carneficina. L’operazione costò centinaia di morti e si concluse solo il 1° ottobre, con l’ingresso delle truppe alleate a Napoli.
Focus Storia ha conversato con Vincenzo Pellegrino dell’Associazione Salerno 1943, nata nel 2007 da un gruppo di appassionati di storia. Gli scopi statutari sono la raccolta, la catalogazione, la conservazione, il restauro e la condivisione di tutto il materiale bellico e non, inerente al secondo conflitto mondiale, che ebbe come scenario non solo Salerno e la sua provincia ma anche la Campania e le regioni limitrofe.
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British foot soldiers with bags on shoulders and rifles walking towards the town in Salerno, Italy. A soldier eating an apple while others walking with guns. Several soldiers sitting on horse driven carts moving on the rough roads. A soldier fills his helmet with water and walks towards the horses. Horses drinking water from the helmet. Location: Salerno Italy. Date: September 8, 1943.
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British foot soldiers march on roads outside Salerno Italy and advance personnel and equipment toward the front
Near Salerno, Italy. British soldiers marching at the road sides. Soldiers with barracks bags on their back moving as a red cross trucks passes by them on the road. Army tanks and trucks moving on the narrow roadway and then leaving the roadway towards the forests. Two soldiers digging in a grove. Images at dusk of tanks and troops moving forward. Black smoke rising in the background. Location: Salerno Italy. Date: September 8, 1943.
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Sicily-Rome World War II American Cemetery and Memorial
The American military cemetery at Nettuno, adjacent to the site of the Anzio landing in January 1944. This cemetery also contains the remains of some of those lost in the Sicily and Salerno campaigns.
Italian Cemetery
June 23, 2017
Visited the cemetery in Ascea in Salerno Province, Southern Italy. This cemetery is on top of a mountain overlooking a beautiful view of trees and surrounding small towns. Everyone who is buried in this cemetery were all Natives of Ascea.
It was actually very hot this day, but the breeze was nice and cool.
Anzio Beach Head British military cemetery
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This film shows the British military cemetery at Anzio beach head. The site of the cemetery originally lay close to a casualty clearing station. Burials were made direct from the battlefield after the landings at Anzio and later, after the Army had moved forward, many graves were brought in from the surrounding area.
Beach Head War Cemetery contains 2,316 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 295 of them unidentified. There is also one First World War burial which was brought into the cemetery from Chiete Communal Cemetery near Rome.
The cemetery was designed by Louis de Soissons and was opened in 1951.
This was filmed on 4 June 2013 and I think that one could agree that it is a very attractive cemetery and that the gardeners are doing excellent work. Before leaving I spoke to both of them and thanked them.
The Allies landed at Anzio on 22 January 1944. The attack was named Operation Shingle and was commanded by American Major General John P. Lucas. The objective was to outflank German forces who were very firmly entrenched along the Gustav Line in strongly fortified mountain positions. Outflanking attacks of this nature were quite logical given the mountainous nature of the Italian peninsula, indeed Hitler had considered such possibilities when Italy pulled out of the war the previous summer. Unfortunately the Allies were slow to make the most of the opportunities that presented themselves.
Anzio was a good place for a landing in many ways. As you can see in my films from the area, unlike Salerno it is relatively flat. However it is located on the reclaimed Pontine Marshes often credited as being one of the few successes of the Mussolini regime. The lay of the land meant that the Allies had to get off the beaches quickly and advance to the high ground, if possible cutting off supplies to the Gustav Line to the south. I have seen the suggestion that the Allies should have advanced on Rome, this would have been a fatal mistake in my opinion, nonetheless the high ground should have been captured quickly.
Lucas might have done this but Lieutenant General Mark Clark, commander of the U.S. Fifth Army, warned him to be careful just before the attack reminding him of what had happened at Salerno. However Lucas had one fatal flaw -- he did not believe in the success of the mission and should therefore never have been in command.
The initial landing achieved complete surprise with next to no opposition. Lucas however did not advance but merely strengthened the bridgehead. As the Axis could reinforce quicker than the Allies this was a fatal mistake as the land which was so suitable for a landing could not be easily defended.
The Germans quickly stopped the drainage pumps, flooded the area and attempted to provoke diseases including malaria. Months of suffering for the Allies followed by the Germans did not destroy the bridgehead.
To add insult to injury when the Allies did eventually break out of the Anzio bridgehead in May 1944, instead of attempting to block the retreat of the defenders of the Gustav Line, Mark Clark went for Rome. Thus he became the first person to conquer Rome from the south in hundreds of years and the general who allowed the Axis to form another defensive line to the north meaning that the suffering of the Allied troops had largely been in vain.
Bridgehead To Rome
The landings at Anzio caught the Germans napping having just moved troops up to the Cassino front. Salerno was the embarkation site and crafts of many sizes took the troops over to the landings. General Alexander was soon on the spot, together with Admiral Troubridge. General Clark also arrived to see the progress of the landings.
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Newsreel 'Allies hurl back Nazis in Italy!' HD Stock Footage
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Newsreel 'Allies hurl back Nazis in Italy!'
Allied convoy underway at sea. Allied forces amphibious landing at Salerno at night, in Italy. Darkness illuminated by flashes of gunfire. Navy guns blast enemy positions and German planes. German warplanes bombing and strafing Allied ships. Several Allied ships burning. Helmsman on Allied landing craft looks back at German plane falling into sea, when he is shot and falls away from the tiller. General Mark Clark rides to shore in a landing craft along with his troops. 5th Army troops dig in furiously on the beachhead and dive into their foxholes as they come under German firing. British General Harold Alexander, commander of Allied 15th Army Group confers with U.S. General Mark Clark. Nurses arrive by C-47 aircraft and treat wounded soldiers. Views of destroyed German armor and artillery including German Pz.IV tank. Nurses and medics load Allied wounded onto landing craft for evacuation. German prisoners of war walk under armed escort and dig graves to bury their dead. Allied forces move forward on battlefront. Several Allied C-47 transport planes are seen flying low over the area. Location: Salerno Italy. Date: 1943.
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Construction of new allied airstrip in Salerno Italy. P-38 crashes on landing HD Stock Footage
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Construction of new allied airstrip in Salerno Italy. P-38 crashes on landing
Army engineers with the help of bulldozers knocking down the trees in Salerno Italy. Men and engineers working with scrapers and bulldozers building new landing field. Army engineers wave at P-38 plane landing on the airstrip 24 hours after construction began. Another P-38 plane lands and hits a water truck, obscured by dust. The aircraft bursts into flame. Men carrying fatally injured persons away from the plane and truck wreckage. Smoke and broken parts of the plane and the vehicle scattered on the airfield. Location: Salerno Italy. Date: September 1943.
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ITALIAN RUINS
A Grecian temple to Neptune and Ceres has just been unearthed at Paestum on Italy's coast, 25 miles south of Salerno.
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1943 Movietone Newsreel: U.S. Cruiser Survives Air Hit; Bread For Hungry People Of Naples (full)
Freely downloadable at the Internet Archive, where I first uploaded it. Extracted from Naval Photographic Center film #2688. Movietone News Vol. XXVI No.18. National Archives description: 3) GV USS SAVANNAH, hit during war at Salerno; fire fighting aboard cruiser (SV showing damage).6) GV Crossing of battle scenes in Italy. (This is a Fifth Army advance in Italy.)7) AV Devastation and destruction in Devidento, Italy.9) GV Food supplies (floor) being brought into Italy. A panic of people scrambling for the flour, the source of bread.
National Archives Identifier: 76514
Armoured Tigers Celebrate Salerno Day
The 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, based in Germany, have been marking an iconic date in their history.
Salerno Day celebrates their contribution to the Second World War battle for Sicily.
It's an annual day of pride for the regiment as they stand together to remember their fallen comrades and a chance to come together to celebrate their regimental history.
Operation Avalanche was one part of the Allied invasion of Italy during the Second World War.
The plan was to land on 9 September 1943 at Salerno to ensure that food and supplies could easily get to Allied troops.
British troops from 131 and 169 (Queen's) Brigade fought at the subsequent battle.
Op Avalanche lasted seven days, cost the lives of 2,009 and ended with an Allied victory.
In 1992 it was decided that Salerno Day would be celebrated by The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment after the amalgamation of The Queen's Regiment and The Royal Hampshire Regiment.
British soldiers visit graves of British war correspondents in Pompeii, Italy. HD Stock Footage
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British soldiers visit graves of British war correspondents in Pompeii, Italy.
Wrecked village of Pompeii with views of Mount Vesuvius, in Italy. British soldiers passing through the destroyed village streets. Citizens looking out from the wrecked buildings. Soldiers standing near the graves of war correspondents killed in action. Graves of Mr. Sale, Mr. Austin and Mr. Munday are seen. Location: Pompeii Italy. Date: September 1943.
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US Memorial Day service for WWII veterans in Italy
1. Sicily-Rome American cemetery in Nettuno ahead of the ceremony
2. American flag with sailors lining up ahead of the ceremony
3. American sailors holding American and Italian flag during the ceremony
4. Memorial building
5. Various shots of dignitaries attending the ceremony
6. Veterans applauding
7. Edward Thomas, retired Brigadier General, at ceremony
8. Veterans on wheelchairs
9. American sailor
10. Italian carabinieri
11. American family attending ceremony
12. Dignitaries during minute of silence
13. Mel Sembler, US ambassador in Rome, during playing of the Last Post
14. Antonio Martino, Italian Defence Minister, during playing of the Last Post
15. F18 aircrafts flying over the cemetery at the end of the ceremony
16. Wide shot of John Boller of Long Island, Veteran US 3rd Infantry Division walking trough the cemetery
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Boller, Veteran, US 3rd Infantry Division:
On May 25th 1944 we staged an all-out attack. We broke through the lines ten days later we liberated Rome but the cost was very high. In four months total casualties amounted 28000, killed, missing, wounded. Twenty eight thousand. And here many of our comrades (cries) are resting in peace now. Excuse me.
18. White crosses with American and Italian flags at the cemetery
19. Soldier's child playing with white cross
20. People sitting close to graves
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brigadier General Edward Thomas (Rtd), WWII Veteran:
We came into Rome, we found the streets absolutely quiet, no even dogs or cats on the streets, like the city of the dead. Finally when the citizens realised that there would be no combat in the area they poured into the streets, and (it) was just a joyous occasion. It was a great experience to be in a great city like this on day of liberation and being a part of the liberation.
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Dozens of US World War II veterans went to pay respects to their friends at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy Monday.
The US Ambassador and the Italian Defence Minister were among the officials from both countries taking part in a memorial day ceremony to honour the thousands buried there.
Young soldiers and their families, and relatives of veterans stood to attention as the national anthems of Italy and the United States were sung, and four F-16 fighter planes flew overhead.
There are 7,860 tombstones in the cemetery and 3,095 names on the wall of the missing.
The cemetery, established in 1944 just two days after US troops landed in Anzio, honours the dead who gave their lives in fighting between 1943-1945 as US troops made their way from Sicily, and the Italian towns of Salerno, Anzio and Nettuno towards Rome.
The cemetery is located where the US 3rd infantry division made his northern advance during the Italian campaign.
Among the veterans present on Monday was retired Brigadier General Edward Thomas, the first American who led troops into Rome.
It was a great experience to be in a great city like this on day of liberation and being a part of the liberation, said Thomas.
Thomas now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
John Boller, of Long Island, was 19 when he landed at Anzio with the 3rd infantry division, and following the ceremony he wandered among the tombstones searching for names of his friends.
Anzio was the scene of one of WWII's bloodiest battles - four months after securing the beachead, the Allies defended their position despite heavy and sustained bombardment from the Germans.
Allied forces counted 30,000 combat deaths during the 1944 Anzio campaign and another 37,000 non-combat deaths, primarily from disease, exhaustion and other causes.
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