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.
United States Army soldiers and the Red Cross host a Christmas party for orphans in Montecatini, Italy during World War II. Italian nuns and young children gather around a table. United States soldiers distribute cookies to orphans. Some of the girls hold their presents. Some soldiers and female Red Cross workers carry young orphans during the Christmas party. A soldier puts his helmet on an Italian girl Soldiers give a girl chocolate and talk to her. Orphans admire their gifts from soldiers and the Red Cross. A Red Cross worker smiles while holding an orphan. A soldier helps a boy drink from a cup. Another bald Italian boy speaks to the soldier. A soldier plays the piano. Soldiers sings with children.
United States Army Third Armored Division enter the village of Gressenich, in Stolberg, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge (World War II). United States Army trucks and Jeeps drive on both sides of the road. Destroyed houses along both sides of the road. Sign reads “Gressenich”. Destroyed houses in the foreground. Debris on the ground. A road leading to the destroyed village. Piles of debris. Damaged houses and tower with no roofs. Electrical wires foreground to wrecked buildings A destroyed Medieval church.
United States Army enter the village of Gressenich, in Stolberg, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge (World War II). Sign on post reads “Gressenich”. A road leading to the destroyed village. Streetcar tracks are seen on the left side of the road. United States Army trucks drive in both sides of the road in Gressenich. Destroyed houses along the side of the road. Electrical wires connected to posts in the foreground. Damaged houses and tower with no roofs. Piles of debris in the ground. A badly destroyed house with a gaping hole from damage. A destroyed attic of a house. The roof is only left with its wooden frame. A destroyed Medieval church with bombed tower and Gothic windows. A ransacked room. Furniture and debris are lying down on the floor. A portrait of Adolf Hitler hangs sideways next to smashed globe.
United States Army Third Armored Division in destroyed village of Gressenich, Germany during World War II. Glass jars with spilled nuts, grains or lentils on the ground. A portrait of Adolf Hitler with shattered glass lying on the ground. United States soldiers hang laundry on clothesline surrounded by damaged houses. Soldiers bring items to their Jeep.
Damaged houses on the street in the village of Gressenich in Stolberg, Germany during the Battle of the Bulge (World War II). A Red Cross truck and a convoy of Jeeps drive on the road, passing by the destroyed houses. Ruins of an old stone building. Debris scattered on the ground. A ruined photograph of Adolf Hitler with Hermann Göring lying on the road. Close up of vehicles driving next to photograph until it is blown away by the wind. A Military Policeman directs traffic. United States soldiers sitting on chairs under arch of a destroyed building.
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