'8th Army infantry taking up mountain positions on Hill 1260, climbing a goat track which winds up the mountain from Cerro, the Sangro assault', December 1943

Photograph, World War Two, Italy, 1943.

The crossing of the Sangro River was one of the 8th Army's most difficult operations during its advance along the Adriatic coast.

From a collection of 650 photographs compiled by the Commando Association.