Members of 1st Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment, celebrate the end of the war in Italy, 1945
Photograph, World War Two, Italy (1943-1945), 1945.
The 1st Battalion had landed in Italy in October 1944 after serving in North Africa and Iraq. It joined the 20th Brigade of 10th Indian Division on the Adriatic front as the Allies inched their way up the Italian mainland. They ended the war on the Yugoslav border.
From a collection of photographs relating to World War Two.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1957-10-8-154
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1957-10-8-154
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