[Campagne des Ardennes] Battle Of The Bulge - George Silk

Pair of Belgian women collect their belongings while speaking w. 2 US soldiers aiding them as the local residents prepare to flee combat area during lull in the last days of the Battle of the Bulge, the final major German offensive of WWII.
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Date taken: December 24, 1944



Wreckage of a German plane, shot down by Allied guns, lying in snowy field in the Ardennes Forest during the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive of WWII.
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Date taken: December 20, 1944



Allied aircraft vapor trails in skies above (prob.) farmhouse in the Ardennes Forest during last days of the Battle of the Bulge, the final major German offensive of WWII.
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Date taken: December 20, 1944



Snowy landscape frames single American tank moving along distant road during push towards Germany in waning days of the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive of WWII.
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Date taken: December 25, 1944



Mist & fog shrouded countryside of the northern Ardennes Forest; conditions which helped German troops & hampered aid to Allied soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive of WWII.
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Date taken: December 20, 1944



Fleeing local Belgian residents of a northern Ardennes hamlet loading themselves and their belongings onto US Army truck to escape fighting during a lull in the last days of the Battle of the Bulge, the final major German offensive of WWII.
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Date taken: December 24, 1944



American GI's help fleeing local residents to load themselves and their belongings onto US truck during a lull in the last days of the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive of WWII.
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Date taken: December 24, 1944



American soldiers of the 1st Army huddle around campfire in the snowy countryside of northern Ardennes Forest during lull in the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive of WWII.
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Date taken: December 20, 1944



American troops manning trenches along snowy hedgerow in the northern Ardennes Forest during the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive of WWII.
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Date taken: December 20, 1944



American Sherman M4 tank moves past another gun carriage which slid off icy road in the Ardennes Forest during push to halt advancing German troops in what was to become known as the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive of WWII .
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Date taken: December 20, 1944



Allied aircraft vapor trails in skies above US soldier unloading a jeep outside (prob.) farmhouse in the Ardennes Forest during last days of the Battle of the Bulge, the final major German offensive of WWII.
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Date taken: December 20, 1944



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Sgt. Tommy Lyons just back from a week in the front lines near the town of Murrigen during the Battle of the Bulge.
Location: Belgium
Date taken: 1945



German POWs carrying body of American soldier killed in Battle of Bulge through snowy Ardennes field, 1 among more than 180,000 US & German casualties of 6-wk. WWII battle.
Location: Belgium
Date taken: February 1945



Tired American medic returning from the front lines during the Battle of the Bulge.
Location: Belgium
Date taken: 1945



Tired American soldier just back from the front lines near the town of Murrigen during the Battle of the Bulge.
Location: Belgium
Date taken: 1945