German soldiers taken prisoner in Italy marched to rear of Allied lines.

German soldiers taken prisoner in Italy marched to rear of Allied lines. German soldiers, captured near Cori and Velletri in west central Italy, march with hands cloft down a dusty read toward the rear of the Allied lines. A knocked-out enemy anti-tank gun stands at the side of the road. Cori dell to Allied Fifth Army troops on May 26, 1944, and Velletri was lost to the enemy on June 2, two days before the Allies armies liberated Rome, the Italian capital. On June 9, the ancient walled city of Viterbo, 40 miles north of Rome, was abondoned by the germans, and the Allies continued their persuit of the retreating enemy. Between the start of the new drive on May 11, 1944, and June 10, 1944, approxim tely 40,000 German soldiers had been taken prisoner in Italy by the Allies.