Italian Campaign: infantries from the British Eighth Army deployed on the Adriatic front, training with the use of flamethrowers before the attack to the Gothic Line. likely Autumn 1944. Victor Sierra

Flamethrowers against Gothic Line

Italian Campaign, Lauro, near Avellino, Campania, 19 January 1944: a British Army’s officer, Lieutenant Olaf Branns, of Hill House, Watlington, Oxfordshire, according the IWM, takes the chance of a much needed sleep in a haystack during a lull in the battle. Victor Sierra

The warrior’s rest

Italian Campaign, British Eighth Army, Garigliano Battle, 10 January 1944: the crew of a 5.5 inch gun await the order to commence firing, near Sessa Aurunca, Garigliano River Valley, Campania. Victor Sierra