United States troops make snow capes for winter camouflage in Vossenach, Germany during World War II. A soldier puts on a white suit and a snow cape in the forest. He is assisted by another soldier. A soldier of the 78th Division makes snow capes from mattress covers on a captured German sewing machine. The soldier uses the sewing machine in front of a snow-covered dugout. Another soldier helps with measurement and cutting the white cloth.
French civilians and United States soldiers engage in friendly snowball fights in Paris during World War II. A snowball fight at the Avenue Champs-Élysées. French civilians and American soldiers throw snowballs at each other. Civilians throw snowballs at a United States Army truck outside the Aux Trois-Quartiers department store (23 Bd de la Madeleine, 75001 Paris, France), in front of the La Madeleine church. A uniformed woman throws a snowball and laughs. French civilians throw snowballs at a moving Jeep. A French man chases after a girl while others throw snowballs at him. The French woman struggles playfully from the man. A group of French girls throwing snowballs at each other. A United States soldier holds a camera to record snowball fights in Paris. A United States soldier and a French girl stroll through the snow at the Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris, France). The Luxor Obelisk is seen.
French civilian refugees on snow covered road during winter, World War II. French refugees prepare their carts filled with household goods. An old woman with basket sits on top of a cart. A young child sits on a wooden wagon. Elderly French civilians carry their belongings and trek on foot. French refugees move along a snowy road with horses and oxen pulling carts. Women pushing their carts as they leave their village. A boy pulls a sled carrying a sack. He catches up with his parents. A United States Jeep drives past the refugees on the road. A dog pulls a cart, helped by a boy. Another dog also helps to pull a cart. Two boys and their pet dog leave their village. Faces of distraught French refugees. United States troops watch the convoy of refugees leaving town.
Allied motor convoys move to the front in deep snow of western front, France during World War II. A convoy of United States Army trucks drive along snow-covered road in winter. Trucks and other military vehicles pass by forests and take mountainous hairpin road. Trucks pass by a checkpoint. Soldiers sit at the back of a truck. Ski troops wearing snow capes glide the snow-covered slopes. The soldiers carefully cross a fence. Skiing soldier in snow cape slips on the slope.
United States troops of the 101st Airborne Division parade on snow covered road through Bastogne, Belgium in winter during World War II. Crowds of Belgian civilians stand on the sidewalk to watch military marching band, buildings and trees covered in snow. Sign with the 101st Airborne Division insignia and words “Bastogne Bastion of the battered bastards of the 101st.”. 101st Airborne Division troops hold the United States flag as they march through the streets. Major General Troy Middleton of the VIII Corps and other military officials stand on the sidewalk to review the troops. Military trucks and Jeeps drive on the streets of Bastogne. Major General Middleton and General Anthony C. McAuliffe lead the way in a Jeep, followed by another military police Jeep equipped with a very bent wire catcher and a passenger actuating the manual windshield wiper by hand . United States soldiers casually recline and sit on top of truck. A soldier reads a speech. A banner made by the townspeople of Bastogne reads “F.N.I. Bastogne”. A man goes onstage to hand over the banner. The 101st Airborne Division receives a banner from the man, who represents the townspeople of Bastogne. A Roman Catholic chaplain makes the Sign of the Cross. Soldier holds the VIII Corps Memorandum Receipt from the 101st Airborne Division. Soldier blows a trumpet. Major General Middleton and General J. Lawton Collins review the troops in Bastogne. Medals for the 101st Airborne Division. Major General Middleton decorates the 101st Airborne Division for their heroism during the Siege of Bastogne. A soldier smiles as General Middleton pins a medal on him.
The United States Army infantry advances in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. United States Army truck drives in the snow with its wheels angled to the right, slipping even with chains on. Military vehicles slide on icy roads as units of the 7th Army advance in the Ardennes Forest. Heavy snow falls over a moving truck. A truck towing a M115 howitzer. M4 Sherman tanks, tank destroyers and other tracked vehicles struggle to drive in the snow. Various tracked vehicles slide and slip on the icy roads, including an M4 Sherman tank that nearly hits a house after losing traction on the ice. A soldier shovels sand out of a truck onto the road. A half-track tows heavy equipment. 7th Army soldiers keep watch in the snow-covered forest. 7th Army Infantry troops march along the road on foot. A soldier pushes down on propeller to start a Piper Cub L4 observation plane. A United States Army Piper Cub L4 observation plane takes off from airfield. Aerial view of tanks moving in snow-covered fields. M4 Sherman tanks fire at enemy position after receiving signal to fire. Smoke rises from German positions. Gun crews fire with M1A1 Long Tom field artillery. Soldiers fire with their rifles. German soldiers wearing parts of captured U.S. Army uniforms (perhaps associated with Operation Greif) are captured in the Ardennes Forest. German prisoners wearing American overcoats put their hands on top of their heads. A captured German prisoner takes off boots. Captured German prisoners are led away by 7th Army infantry troops.
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