United States Army 87th Infantry Division Brigadier General Frank L. Culin Jr. awards field commissions to four enlisted men in Libramont, Belgium during World War II. The four U.S. Army soldiers stand outdoors in the snow. General Culin pins a bar on a soldier’s collar. General Culin and the soldier shake hands and salute each other. A bar on the soldier’s collar. An aide removes the stripe from a soldier’s sleeve using a knife during the promotion ceremony.
United States Army 101st Airborne soldiers in snow-covered forest near Foy, Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. Soldiers setting up machine gun emplacements in open snow-covered field near a forest. A soldier passes a shell to another soldier in foxhole. The soldier in foxhole carefully place the shell. Another soldier emerges from the foxhole. Soldiers testing a machine gun. 101st Airborne troops ride a Jeep along snow-covered road.
United States Army 101st Airborne troops standing under snow-covered trees in forest near Foy, Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. A soldier with a field telephone in foxhole under the trees. Other soldiers surround him. Snow falling in the forest. Troops setting up telephone in the forest. Brig. Gerald J. Higgins, Deputy Division Commander of 101st Airborne talks to officers in the forest. One of the officers hold a map. Brigadier Higgins and officers study map together. Soldier puts down the phone and stands up in front of the officers.
United States Army 101st Airborne soldiers marching in double file along snow-covered road in Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. Soldiers march on road between barbed wire fence and snow-covered trees. Soldiers’ boots are covered in snow as they move. Group of officers around field telephone in woods. Brigadier Gerald J Higgins, Deputy Division Commander of 101st Airborne talks to officers in the forest. Brigadier Higgins and officers study map together as snow falls on them.
The German assault during the invasion of Belgium in World War 2. An animated map depicts the German troops breaking the Allied line of defense and invading France. The German convoy including tanks, armored carriers, motorized infantry, artillery pulled by horses, and cyclists advance past ruins in Belgium. Soldiers on foot move along with the armored vehicles. military band plays as German troops march. They move through a bomb damaged city. Bomb damaged buildings with rubble strewn on the streets. Explosions and burning buildings. Artillery fired. Soldiers march on the streets. German artillery firing at targets across a river. Shells exploding there. Soldiers remove a downed pole blocking a road. A Sdkfz 200 series heavy armored car moves forward. Troops rest, eat and drink. A German officer salutes and greets troops. Soldiers advance and push artillery. Cars on the road.
Initial German advances in World War 1. German troops entering Luxembourg and Belgium. They are seen crossing bridges (possibly at Remich and Wasserbillig). Local inhabitants stand and watch as horse-drawn German wagons of supplies pass along a road. They pass over a pontoon bridge. Troops and supplies passing over a suspension bridge and then over a pontoon bridge. One wagon carries pine trees with German flags atop them. German army trucks moving over a stone bridge with structures built across it. Imperial high command observing movements of German military forces. Crown Prince Wilhelm (William) of Prussia, appointed Commander of the German 5th Army, is seen in the uniform of a Leib Hussar, with toten kopf (death head) emblem on his fur busby. He converses with his father, Kaiser Wilhelm II. They are accompanied by high ranking German officers. German forces entering Brussels, Belgium.
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