The issue is dedicated to the events on the Western Front in December 1944 in France.




Events on the Western Front.
Snow on the tree branches, a British machine gunner in secret.
The face of a machine gunner observing the front line.
An observer with binoculars in a trench.
A soldier scoops water from an unfrozen stream with a bucket.
A soldier carries a bucket of water into a trench to a dugout.
British soldiers in a trench wash their hands and shave.
A shaving soldier drinks boiling water from a mug and passes it to a comrade.
Distribution of boiling water at the position.
The face of a British soldier having breakfast.
Soldiers in a trench talk to each other, drink tea from a mug.
A soldier writes a letter home.
American soldiers move along both sides of the street during the Battle of the Ardennes.
An inscription on a road sign.
American soldiers pass local residents standing near a damaged building.
A soldier climbs over the ruins.
View of a destroyed village in the Ardennes.
Faces of the villagers.
American sappers searching for mines on one of the streets.
A sapper with a mine detector.
An American ambulance passes along the street.
Military trucks on the road.
A truck that has fallen into a ditch.
Pulling a truck out of a ditch with a tow truck.
British and French soldiers during a stop in one of the settlements.
A British infantry unit on the march.
The troops are leaving for the Ardennes Forest.
The soldiers ask a local resident about a detour.
The soldier thanks the woman for the information and shakes her hand.
The face of the woman talking to the soldiers.
Removing the bodies of dead civilians from under the snow.
The faces of captured German soldiers standing with their hands raised.
Dead bodies removed from under the snow.
An American officer gives a command to the captured Germans, the column of prisoners begins to move.
The advance of British forces.
British soldiers warm themselves by a fire at a rest stop.
The faces of the soldiers.
A tank at a crossroads, armored vehicles pass by.
A tank with an anti-mine trawl.
Soldiers sit on the tank's armor.
Soldiers climb onto the tank.
Anti-skid chain on a truck wheel.
The face of a British soldier putting on a winter camouflage coat.
A squad of British soldiers in camouflage coats sets off on a combat mission.
The tank crew pulls winter camouflage covers made from improvised materials onto the armor.
British tanks with anti-mine trawls clear the offensive zone of mines (panorama).
Transportation of personnel in armored vehicles.
British engineering and infantry units advance to the front line.
British troops engage in street fighting.
Clearing one of the buildings.
British troops march through the streets of an occupied settlement.
A tank drives past corpses.
Scenes of air battles, downed planes catch fire.
Attack on ground targets, view of targets being attacked (above).
Air attacks on military trains and railway stations (above).
Attack on an airfield, hits on aircraft.
1944
France
Winter