Italian civilians clambering over the ruins of the Ponte Alle Grazia, one of the bridges over the River Arno destroyed by the Germans before evacuating Florence, 14 August 1944. Frame:none Avro Lancaster bombers nearing completion

Avro Lancaster bombers nearing completion at the A V Roe & Co Ltd factory

being flown by Sergeant Colin Watt

Half-length portrait of Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese

which served in the Mediterranean during the First World War

MP (wearing the uniform of an air commodore) with General de Gaulle during the inspection of French troops at Marrakesh

Italian civilians clambering over the ruins of the Ponte Alle Grazia, one of the bridges over the River Arno destroyed by the Germans before evacuating Florence, 14 August 1944. Frame:none Avro Lancaster bombers nearing completionCivilians clambering over the ruins of the Ponte Alle Grazia, one of the bridges over the River Arno destroyed by the Germans before evacuating Florence on 11 August 1944. With the arrival of the British forces, the civilians were returning to the north s