Video: 'Precision bombing of Railroad yards in Rome, Italy by over 500 Allied bombers dur...HD Stock Footage'

(Monday, July 19, 1943, 11:13 a.m. Central European Summer Time; during the Bombing of Rome in World War II, part of the Winter Line and the battle for Rome) — Allied airplanes bombed the ancient city of Rome for the first time today when 690 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) aircraft flew over Rome and dropped 9,125 bombs on the city. Continue reading Allies bomb Rome for first time as Mussolini meets with Hitler in Feltre during World War II 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 19 1943) →