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--- Quote ---    'Armoured Warfare in the Battle of the Bulge' by Anthony Tucker-Jones includes a devastating photo gallery

    Pictured is the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, when a Nazi counterattack overwhelmed allied forces
    Although they eventually claimed victory, US forces suffered 75,000 casualties including about 20,000 dead

By Miranda Aldersley For Dailymail.com

Published: 07:32 EST, 6 March 2019 | Updated: 10:35 EST, 6 March 2019

The full horror facing allied soldiers in one of the bloodiest, iciest and mentally demanding battles of the Second World War have been unveiled in a harrowing new book marking its 75th anniversary.

In December 1944, Allied forces - primarily American - were caught by surprise by an overwhelming Nazi counterattack in the densely forested Ardennes region in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg....

The graphic photographs show shivering US troops hunkering down in snow-laden fox holes in brutal wintry conditions, dead allied soldiers being looted for their boots and warm clothing by Nazi aggressors, and murdered American soldiers and Belgian civilians in a frozen field, slain by the German SS in an atrocious war crime. ...


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6777245/New-book-shows-bloody-reality-Battle-Bulge-inspired-TVs-epic-Band-Brothers.html
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Some amazing photos.

Fishrrman:
Yes, very good photos, indeed!

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