Mid-December 1944 saw the beginning of the six-week Battle of the Bulge on Europe's Western Front. War photographer Robert Capa immersed himself with Allied troops. Here, an American soldier points a gun at a German prisoner of war.
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Mid-December 1944 saw the beginning of the six-week Battle of the Bulge on Europe's Western Front. War photographer Robert Capa immersed himself with Allied troops. Here, an American soldier points a gun at a German prisoner of war.
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German prisoners of war captured by U.S. forces await transfer back from the front.
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German prisoners of war captured by U.S. forces await transfer back from the front.
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U.S. soldiers scatter across a field during the Battle of the Bulge. The Allies eventually turned back a major German offensive in the Ardennes region of Belgium, Luxembourg and France.
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U.S. soldiers scatter across a field during the Battle of the Bulge. The Allies eventually turned back a major German offensive in the Ardennes region of Belgium, Luxembourg and France.
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U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, speaks to the 101st Airborne Division.
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U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, speaks to the 101st Airborne Division.
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An American tank burns while transport planes fly overhead during the Battle of the Bulge.
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An American tank burns while transport planes fly overhead during the Battle of the Bulge.
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The only way Capa would photograph Germans during the war was if they were prisoners.
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The only way Capa would photograph Germans during the war was if they were prisoners.
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American troops ride on a tank while German POWs are held nearby.
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American troops ride on a tank while German POWs are held nearby.
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An American artillery position during the Battle of the Bulge. The battle was considered finished on January 28, 1945, when the Germans were pushed back to positions they occupied when their offensive began six weeks earlier.
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An American artillery position during the Battle of the Bulge. The battle was considered finished on January 28, 1945, when the Germans were pushed back to positions they occupied when their offensive began six weeks earlier.
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More than 100,000 Germans and 67,000 Americans were casualties of the fighting, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalww2museum.org%2Fsee-hear%2Fcollections%2Ffocus-on%2Fbulge-70th.html%3F" target="_blank" target="_blank">according to the National WW II Museum</a>.
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More than 100,000 Germans and 67,000 Americans were casualties of the fighting, according to the National WW II Museum.
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An American soldier walks past a casualty during the Battle of the Bulge.
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An American soldier walks past a casualty during the Battle of the Bulge.
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A farmer buries his horse that had been killed during the fierce fighting.
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A farmer buries his horse that had been killed during the fierce fighting.
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An American soldier rests in his foxhole during the Battle of the Bulge.
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An American soldier rests in his foxhole during the Battle of the Bulge.
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