Bastogne

Bundesarchiv: American prisoners during the Ardennes offensive, December 1944

Bundesarchiv: American soldiers taken prisoner during the Ardennenoffensive

Bundesarchiv: StuG III (Sturmgeschütz) during the Ardennenoffensive

Bundesarchiv: German soldiers during Ardennenoffensive, December 1944

Bundesarchiv: German infantry advancing through Ardennes forest, December 1944

Bundesarchiv: German soldiers in Schützenpanzer (halftrack) during Ardennenoffensive

Bundesarchiv: young SS grenadiers during the Ardennes offensive, December 1944

Bunker near Assenois Belgium where Cobra King met 101st Airborne to break through to Bastogne.

Foto van een Foxhole, waart de soldaten zich ingroeven. Photography by Alexis Faucon

Foto van een Foxhole, waart de soldaten zich ingroeven.

Foto van een Foxhole, waart de soldaten zich ingroeven.

U.S. troops of the 28th Infantry Division, who have been regrouped in security platoons for the defense of Bastogne, Belgium, march down a street in Bastogne. Some of these soldiers lost their weapons during the German advance in this area. Signal Corps Photo #ETO-HQ-44-30380

Infantry & Tanks near Bastogne

Scope and content: Original caption: American ambulance waits outside of a bombed building in Bastogne, Belgium, while a searcher looks for persons injured during the ten-day defense by 101st Airborne Div. 12/26/[44]

Scope and content: Original caption: Bomb damage, the result of a German ten-day siege of the 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne, Belgium. 12/26/44.

Scope and content: Original caption: Bastogne, Belgium-Weary infantrymen of the 110th Regt., 28th Div., US 1st Army following the German breakthrough in that area. The enemy overran their battalion. (L-R) Pvt. Adam H. Davis and T/S Milford A. Sillars. Dec. 19, 1944

The 'Cobra King' crew -- 1st Lt. Charles Boggess, Cpl. Milton Dickerman and Pvts. James G. Murphy, Hubert S. Smith and Harold Hafner -- pose for a celebratory photo in the vicinity of Bastogne, Belgium shortly after the tankers led the armor and infantry column that liberated the city in December 1944.

Scope and content: Original caption: Members of the 101st Airborne Division walk past dead comrades, killed during the Christmas Eve bombing of Bastogne, Belgium, the town in which this division was besieged for ten days. This photo was taken on Christmas Day. 1944

Scope and content: Original caption: Members of the 101st Airborne Division move out of Bastogne, Belgium, to drive the Germans who have besieged them for ten days, out of a neighboring town. This photo was taken while Bastogne was still under siege. 12/29/44.

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1074 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Scope and content: Original caption: Generals of the 101st Airborne Division review the 101st Div. in the town of Bastogne, Belgium. They are in front of "The Bastion of the Battered Bastards of the 101st." 1/18/45. Bastogne, Belgium.

An overturned German tank lies in a shallow stream alongside a rebuilt bridge in war ravaged Houffalizo, Belgium. NARA 196224

Aerial view of Houffalize, Belgium, 25-26 December 1944.

Aerial view of Houffalize, Belgium, 16 January 1945.

Aerial view of Mont-dlé-Oufalijhe, Houffalize, Belgium, 26 December 1944. The photo shows two German vehicle columns.

An abandoned German Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251 half-track in Houffalize, Belgium, in February 1945.

A U.S. 3-inch gun M5 in Belgium, in December 1944.

American soldiers of the the 30th Infantry Division inspect an abandoned German Sturmgeschütz III at Géromont, Belgium, in January 1945.

Infantrymen of 1st U.S. Army gather in Bastogne, Belgium, to regroup after being cut away from their regiment by Germans in the enemy drive in this area. 110 Regt, 28th LNE Div FUSA Bastogne, Belgium

American soldiers of the 289th Infantry Regiment march along the snow covered road on their way to cut off the Saint Vith Houffalize road in Belgium. NARA 531244.gif

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1079 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

American soldiers inspect an abandoned German Panzer V Panther tank at Grandménil, Belgium, 4 January 1945. The description states that the tank was abandoned because of a jammed gun.

An abanoned German Tiger II tank on the road between Bastogne and Houffalize, Belgium, in January 1945.

MG Maurice Rose (en pie) y GB Doyle O. Hickey (sentado), batalla de las Ardenas Ardennes, 1 de enero de 1945.

A German aircraft is shot down over Belgium, 17 December 1944. The attacking pilot was Major James Buckingham Dalglish of the 354th Fighter Group, USAAF. Note: The aircraft is described as a Heinkel He 111 bomber. However, it appears to be a much sleeker Messerschmitt Me 410.

6TH ARMORED DIVISION TANKS IN SNOWSTORM NEAR WARDIN

Members of the 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, move past a destroyed American M5 "Stuart" tank on their march to capture the town of St. Vith at the close of the Battle of the Bulge. St. Vith was largely destroyed during the ground battle and subsequent air attack. American forces retook the town on 23 January 1945.

Members of the 101st Airborne Division walk past dead comrades, killed during the Christmas Eve bombing of Bastogne, Belgium, the town in which this division was besieged for ten days. This photo was taken on Christmas Day, 1944.

5th ID Motorized Troops

An abandoned German 7.5 cm-Pak 40 anti-tank gun and a Panzer V Panther near Stavelot, Belgium, circa in February 1945.

A .50 caliber machine gun and crew are set to repel attack by advancing Germans near Malmedy, 22nd December, 1944. 120th Regiment, 30th Division.

Bastogne