“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

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

Lt. Col. James Doolittle, who led the April, 1942 air raid on Tokyo, addresses a throng of aircraft workers at the North American Aviation plant on June 1, 1942. He said that &quot;Shangri La,&quot; the mythical land identified by President Roosevelt as the place where the bombers came from, &quot;is right here in this North American plant.&quot;