Launched on December 16, 1944, the Battle of the Bulge was the last major German military offensive in western Europe. By January, the German military effort had failed.
![John Perry, a movie photographer with Unit 129, films GIs of the 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, and 4th Cavalry ... [LCID: sc116]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/e65790a2-941e-4143-b951-6c0a063be70f.jpg "John Perry, a movie photographer with Unit 129, films GIs of the 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, and 4th Cavalry ... [LCID: sc116]")
John Perry, a movie photographer with Unit 129, films GIs of the 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, and 4th Cavalry Group ferreting out German snipers near Beffe, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. Twelve Germans were killed. The scene was photographed by Carmen Corrado of the 129th. January 7, 1945. US Army Signal Corps photograph taken by C.A. Corrado.
Item View![John Perry, a movie photographer with Unit 129, films GIs of the 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, and 4th Cavalry ... [LCID: sc198]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/cc4ca71d-dc80-4a7a-b94e-76927949d543.jpg "John Perry, a movie photographer with Unit 129, films GIs of the 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, and 4th Cavalry ... [LCID: sc198]")
John Perry, a movie photographer with Unit 129, films GIs of the 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, and 4th Cavalry Group ferreting out German snipers near Beffe, Belgium, in early January 1945. Twelve Germans were killed. The scene was photographed by Carmen Corrado of the 129th. January 7, 1945. US Army Signal Corps photograph taken by C.A. Corrado.
Item View![An American GI draws water from a stream with his steel helmet. [LCID: sc113]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/95a07703-e2e0-4994-b037-f3c0952e436b.jpg "An American GI draws water from a stream with his steel helmet. [LCID: sc113]")
An American GI using his steel helmet to draw water from a stream during the Battle of the Bulge. December 22, 1944. US Army Signal Corps photograph taken by J Malan Heslop.
Item View![GIs move up to the front in open trucks in subzero weather to stop the German advance. [LCID: sc111]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/589d52eb-3609-40c4-ab03-db7f846b197c.jpg "GIs move up to the front in open trucks in subzero weather to stop the German advance. [LCID: sc111]")
During the Battle of the Bulge, US troops move up to the front in open trucks in subzero weather to stop the German advance. December 22, 1944. US Army Signal Corps photograph taken by J Malan Heslop.
Item View![A soldier prepares to bed down for the night in a Belgian forest during the Battle of the Bulge. [LCID: sc110]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/216abe0d-65a1-4293-a122-1bbaa9923354.jpg "A soldier prepares to bed down for the night in a Belgian forest during the Battle of the Bulge. [LCID: sc110]")
A soldier prepares to bed down for the night in a Belgian forest during the Battle of the Bulge. December 21, 1944. US Army Signal Corps photograph taken by J Malan Heslop.
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