U.S. #AirForce Major George Brooking stands on skis in front of a tent after a briefing. The officer uses the skis to reach his P-47 #Thunderbolt during the #BattleoftheBulge in the winter of 1944-45.
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January 1945: temporary battalion commander Ostuf. Leidreiter presents the Iron Cross 2nd class to Rttf. Krafzig, who survived the American attack on the western edge of Stavelot.
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Twin Bazooka grenade launchers on a #jeep of the US 9th Infantry Division.
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German prisoners of war who surrendered to the US 7th Armored Division near #Wallerode carry a wounded man. The photographer died a minute after taking this photo.
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A destroyed Pz.Kpfw. IV tank of the 9th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht in the vicinity of the Belgian city of #Bastogne
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Two American soldiers rest in a wooded hideout in Belgium.
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#Schutzstaffel non-commissioned officers of Kampfgruppe Knittel work with a map at the crossroads near #Kaiserbarake.
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American soldiers of the 629th Tank Destroyer Battalion rest in a Belgian forest during the #BattleOfTheBulge . Next to the soldiers is a 3-in. Gun Motor Carriage #M10. The SPG had the unofficial name #Wolverine (1945/01/20)
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Soldiers of the 504th Parachute #Infantry Regiment, #82ndAirborne Division, U.S. Army, march during the advance on #Herresbach .
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SS officers J. Diefenthal and G. Knittel look at prisoners of the 30th American Infantry Division on the street of the Belgian town of Stoumont
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German soldiers drive captured American vehicles through a village in the #Stavelot area. An #M8 armored car leads the column, followed by #Willys vehicles.
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SS-Rottenführer Richard Reiter of the Reconnaissance Battalion of the SS Division Leibstandarte, armed with a Stg. 44 (MP-43) assault rifle, waves at a burning American column on the road near the Belgian village of #Poteau.
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An American 155mm M1 gun fires at German troops in the #Ardennes
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Private First Class Gerald A. Cohan of the U.S. 75th Infantry Division mans a Browning M1917 machine gun in a house in Salm-Chateau, Belgium, January 16, 1945.
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Commanders of the 217th Assault Tank Battalion (Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 217) of the #Wehrmacht on reconnaissance in the #Ardennes. In the background is an armored personnel carrier Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. D.
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Two soldiers of the 327th US Regiment man a 7.62mm Browning M1919A6 machine gun in a trench near #Bastogne.
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German tank Pz. Kpfw. V "Panther" from the 12th SS #Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend", knocked out by tanks of the 741st Tank Battalion of the USA in the #Krinkelt area in #Belgium.
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A soldier of the American #82ndAirborne Division with a #Bazooka grenade launcher on a road in the #Ardennes.
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American tank crews and M4 Sherman tanks on a road in the #Ardennes
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A German soldier surrenders to the Americans near #Bastogne .
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A column of soldiers from the US 1st Infantry Division on a road near the #Belgian town of #Faymonville
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A patrol of soldiers from the #British 6th #Airborne Division in the #Ardennes
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Soldiers of the 80th US Infantry Division take a smoke break in the city of #Gesdorf
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An American M5 Stuart tank drives past an M4A3E2 #Sherman tank that has skidded into a ditch in the #Belgian commune of #Amonines.
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An American soldier sleeps in a field near #Bastogne
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Soldiers of the 116th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht at the Sd.Kfz.250/5 armored personnel carrier during the #Ardennes offensive
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American soldiers walk past a German #TigerII #tank (Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger II), destroyed at La Gleize.
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German #KingTiger tank No. 204 of the Piper battle group, destroyed near the town of #LaGleize
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Three American soldiers eat from mess tins outside a field hospital in the Belgian town of Assenois (three kilometers west of the city of #Leglise).
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