the southern part of Italy resembles a lot the north african grounds... if we look at the photos, tough, the landscape is a hilly terrain, low hills and grass and shrubs.
That is typical of the coastal area of Tunesia and of the southern coastal areas of Sicily, but if we should date the pic in 1944, the fights at the time were in the central area of Italy (depending from which month, in the famous Cassino area or more to the north, Lazio and southern Tuscany) that is typically composed of much higher and steepy hills.
Thi being of course pure speculation, but If I should judge from landscape I would say Tunesia OR Italy, but earlier, say Sicily in late 1943...
OK, historical worth of my babbling = zero... thanks for reading, anyway..
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And thanks Esko for the pic!