Colourised period photograph: German troops with Schwimmwagen, motorcycle and vehicles in a snowy mountain town
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From the Frontline Archive

Battle of the Bulge, 1944–45

The German offensive in the Ardennes, December 1944 to January 1945, in period photographs from the U.S. National Archives and the German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv).

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Period photograph: German soldiers with two half-tracks on a muddy village road
Plate 01

German soldiers with an SdKfz 251 half-track and a captured US M3 half-track. Belgium, December 1944.

U.S. National Archives (63-623), captured German photograph - public domain

Period photograph: German soldiers in winter clothing studying a map
Plate 02

German soldiers study a map during a battle-group briefing. Luxembourg, c. January 1945.

Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-J28477 / Göttert / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · CC BY-SA 3.0 DE

Period photograph: American soldiers on an abandoned Panther tank in a snowy wood
Plate 05

American soldiers inspect an abandoned German Panther tank. Grandménil, Belgium, 4 January 1945.

U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-198588 - public domain

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