The Allies enter Naples

1st October 1943: The Italians suffer as the Germans, their former allies, vindictively destroy what they can as they retreat

A crowd of civilians runs through a street to greet Allied troops arriving in Naples

Daimler scout car of 1st King's Dragoon Guards at the town hall in Naples, 1 October 1943

A truck carrying American troops moves through a rubble-filled street in Naples.

At last, the Allies were able to break out of the Salerno bridgehead and make progress northwards. The King’s Dragoon Guards entered the city of Naples on the morning of the 1st October, closely followed by substantial Allied forces, including General Mark Clark later in the day.

In every direction there was a wall of emaciated, hungry, dirty faces.