In Sicily after the furious battle of Summer 1943, in the villages of Island the life regain at the on-time pace. In this photo, taken by a serviceman of American 57th Fighter Group, the normal village life perhaps Pachino, which was base of same Fighter Group. Victor Sierra

The life regain

Allied military vehicles in Rome in front of Palazzo Venezia, the former headquarters of Duce Benito Mussolini. Note the famous “Balcone” (balcony), used by Duce for his address to the mass and, 10 June 1940, for announcing the declaration of war from Italy to France and Great Britain, barred. Today Palazzo Venezia, built between 1455 and 1467 for the Venetian Cardinal Pietro Barbo, afterwards Pope Paul II, and for centuries embassy of Venice’s Republic (from where the name Palazzo Venezia, Venice Palace), host a museum (Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Venezia) and art exhibitions. Victor Sierra

Palazzo Venezia

In a Sicilian village after the arrival of Allied an American Jeep exciting always the general curiosity of inhabitants, above all of the children. Victor Sierra