Captured German troops after the Battle for Rome
date: label: Date made
content: 1944-06
label: Date made
content: 1944
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: Once Mydans was freed from a Japanese internment camp, he went straight back to work. After writing a story for <i>LIFE</i> back in the United States, Mydans returned to the European front in time for an important Allied victory. Eight months after Italy had surrendered to Allied forces, Rome was liberated. Following months of battle in the area of Cassino, the U.S. Fifth Army made their way towards Rome. The capture of the city, although controversial, was significant since it was the first Axis capital to fall. There was little resistance from German forces once the Allies reached the outskirts of the city; German headquarters had ordered their troops to retreat. The men shown here were among the few Germans captured by the Allies. They are awaiting shipment to prison.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Latian, Rome
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans, Photojournalist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.068
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.068
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm