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John Perry, a movie photographer with Unit 129, films GIs of the 290th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division, and 4th Cavalry ... [LCID: sc116]
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Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge began on December 16, 1944, and lasted until the end of January 1945. It was the German military’s last-ditch, surprise counteroffensive against Allied armies in western Europe. Their effort ultimately failed. It cost Nazi Germany tremendous losses in men and military equipment.

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Women group together in a prisoner barracks. Some of the women are laying on the floor, while others are laying on the wooden bunk beds. All of them are wearing heavy outwear or wrapped in blankets.

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Blanka Rothschild holds one of her prewar family photographs. [LCID: athbr039]

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