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The Battle of the Bulge, 1945

The Battle of the Bulge, 1945

American infantrymen from the 290th Regiment crouch in the snowy woods near Amonines, Belgium, on January 4, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge. It was Nazi Germany's last major offensive on the Western Front, but an Allied counterattack -- notably a lightning-fast redeployment by Patton -- ended Hitler's hopes of forcing a settlement.

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Jan 01, 1945