British Ministry of Information/Army Fim & Photo Section

An interesting group of 32 silver gelatin prints, including Official War Office photographs of the closing days of WWII in Europe, with a focus on surrender of German forces in Italy, measuring between 10 x 12cm [smallest] and 19.5 x 23cm, many with Crown Copyright printed credits to verso or Official War Photograph stamps, annotated with negative numbers, to verso, seven with typewritten captions affixed to verso. Subjects include the bodies of Mussolini and his associates after execution [29 April 1945]; the unconditional surrender of German Forces in Italy at Allied Force Headquarters; many aerial views of Italian landscapes that were bombed by Allied forces, among others. Together with a typewritten list of Army Film & Photo List of captions for corresponding photographs dated 2 May 1945, titled 'Unconditional Surrender'.