The Allied invasion as you've never seen it before:

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[h=2]The Allied invasion as you've never seen it before: Stunning colorized photographs show the Battle of the Bulge in one of the final encounters of World War II[/h]

• Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II
• It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg
• Incredible pictures were brought to life by colorist Royston Leonard, 55, an electrician from Wales

 

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GIs of the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division 'Timberwolf Division' are pictured resting on railway tracks after combat in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on December 21, 1944. The photo was captured during the Battle of the Bulge

 

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82nd Airborne Div 325th glider regiment soldier with an M1919 browning 30-cal gun in Odrimont, Belgium

 

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Panzergrenadier-SS Kampfgruppe Hansen in action during clashes in Poteau against Task Force Myers, 18 December 1944

 

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During the Battle of the Bulge a US Army half track crosses a temporary bridge over the Ourthe River in the war-torn Belgian city of Houffalize in January 1945

 

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99th inf div 535th soldier and his dog in Belgium in pictured here in a moment of calm between the two

 

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James Gordon and Private Rainwater inspect a deserted Panther tank formerly of the Panzer Division Das Reich near Grandmenil, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge, at the end of 1944

 

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After holding a woodland position all night near Wiltz, Luxembourg, against German counter attack, three men of B Co., 101st Engineers, emerge for a rest. 14 January 1945

 

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Members of the US 101st Airborne division move out of Bastogne

 

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M4 Sherman tanks line up in a snow-covered field in St Vith, Belgium as the town is liberated during the Battle of the Bulge

 

[GasMan]

Only thoughts that come to mind is Thank You to these brave young men who sacrificed everything.

I also digress into thinking what if we asked our current millennials to make this same sacrifice.

 

[StevieRay]

Only thoughts that come to mind is Thank You to these brave young men who sacrificed everything.

I also digress into thinking what if we asked our current millennials to make this same sacrifice.

Lol. Good one

 

[flashmo]

Only thoughts that come to mind is Thank You to these brave young men who sacrificed everything.

I also digress into thinking what if we asked our current millennials to make this same sacrifice.

Would never happen..they are WAY too big a bunch of pussies

 

[stock07]

Thanks for the post super, love seeing these old pictures.

 

[Seymour]

Only thoughts that come to mind is Thank You to these brave young men who sacrificed everything.

I also digress into thinking what if we asked our current millennials to make this same sacrifice.

Just like the French people abandoned Paris and started walking to Bordeux - the millenials would flee SF and NYC and walk to Toronto