Aftermath of initial encounter during German Ardennes offensive in World War 2. These scenes are from an area where the German "Kampfgruppe Hansen," engaged elements of the U.S. 14th Cavalry Group near Poteau, Belgium, during the "Battle of the Bulge." Americans were forced to abandon much equipment and supplies, as these scenes show. Abandoned armor and guns along the roadway. A United States 3" anti-tank gun abandoned at the roadside. A German Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer (Sd.Kfz. 162) drives past. German soldiers sit under a wrecked United States armored car and smoke American cigarettes. German infantrymen walking past the scene. A German soldier distributes cigarettes. (Note: German gunner, with belt of ammunition around his neck, seen at TC:1:18-1:20, is Walter Armbrusch aka Hans Tragarsky. This image of him is well known. But his true identity is the subject of much speculation and debate.)
United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command Fighter Operations in the European Theater during World War II. Pilot E.L. Thompson of 361st Squadron, 356th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. Several planes in flight. The United States aircraft strafes a German aircraft. The German plane crashes.
Fighter Operations of United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in the European Theater during World War II. Pilot J.V.B. Hathorn of 504th Squadron, 339th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. The United States fighter aircraft strafes an air field. Strafing of a marshalling yard and railroad cars. The aircraft strafes an oil refinery.
Operations of United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in the European Theater during World War II. Captain Pick of 384th Squadron, 364th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. The United States fighter aircraft strafes marshalling yards. The aircraft strafes railroad wagons. An aerial view of viaduct. The viaduct is strafed. Smoke and fire rises up in the sky due to explosions.
United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command Fighter Operations in the European Theater during World War II. Lieutenant Wood of 375th Squadron, 361st Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. The United States fighter aircraft strafes railroad wagons. Smoke and fire rises up in the sky due to explosions.
Fighter Operations of United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in the European Theater during World War II. Colonel Meyer of 487th Squadron, 352th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. An aerial view of planes parked on an airfield. The United States fighter aircraft strafes parked enemy aircraft. Smoke rises up in the sky due to explosions.
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