Operation Greif
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Operation Greif was a special operation commanded by Waffen-SS commando Otto Skorzeny during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The operation was the brainchild of Adolf Hitler, and its purpose
An abandoned Sturmgeschütz III disguised with US Army markings
Skorzeny with the liberated Mussolini
Knocked-out Panther tank disguised as an M10 tank destroyer
Battle of the Bulge
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The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and referred to by the Germans as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, was an offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War,
American soldiers of the 117th Infantry Regiment, Tennessee National Guard, part of the 30th Infantry Division, move past a destroyed American M5A1 "Stuart" tank on their advance to recapture the town of St. Vith during the Battle of the Bulge, January 1945.
American troops marching through a snowy field under mist near Krinkelt, 1944
Sepp Dietrich led the Sixth Panzer Army in the northernmost attack route.
Scene of the Malmedy massacre