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74th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in color
[Mail] The terrible wintry conditions soldiers were forced to fight in during the last major German offensive of World War Two have been brought to light thanks to a series of colorised images to mark the 74th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.Striking pictures show three gunners prepare to fire a shell on New Year's Eve in 1944 with the inscription 'For Adolph, unhappy new year', American GIs are pictured resting on railway tracks after combat in Duren and two soldiers can be seen inspecting a deserted Panther tank formerly of the Panzer Division Das Reich near Grandmenil, Belgium. Other vivid colour photographs show a US half track cross a temporary bridge over the Ourthe River, members of the US 101st Airborne Division move out of Bastogne and Panzergrenadier-SS Kampfgruppe Hansen in action during clashes in Poteau against Task Force Myers. Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-16 |
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