The Town-Square of Cisterna di Littoria, town at South of Rome, today Cisterna di Latina, razed during the Battle of Cisterna, on 30 January-2 February 1944 as part of the battle of Anzio that followed Operation Shingle. Photo taken by an Airman of USAAF’s 47th Bombardment Group some months after the battle. Victor Sierra

After the battle

Women and children in front at their houses destroyed by bombardments at Baia, near Naples, Summer 1943. Photo taken by US. Navy Combat Photographic Unit. Victor Sierra

The war first’s victims

“Two American soldiers talking to a British soldier beside one of the fountains in St Peter's Square. In the background is the Cathedral”. The caption of this photo written by Imperial War Museum make a massive error: the Rome’s Cathedral isn’t St. Peter but, from 1700 years, St. John Lateran! Victor Sierra