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13/11/2023

The Battle of the Dikes - Late Oct 44
104th "Timberwolves" 413th IR, Netherlands

Photo from "Operation Pheasant", event organised by 2nd Armored in Europe.

21/06/2023

1/505 Trooper on the outskirts of Sainte-Mère-Église. June 6th 1944.

Photo courtesy of

11/06/2023

A few spaces left on this year's 2nd Armored in Europe trip Operation Pheasant 2023 - 104th Timberwolves
Heading to Belgium & The Netherlands.

There are attendee's coming from all over: US, UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands & Czechia to name just a few!

And with only a few spaces left nothing in hell must stop you from representing the timberwolves!

09/06/2023

23/05/2023

German forces in the cold, dark dense forests of the Belgian Ardennes, mid December 1944. Made in close cooperation with the Belgian living History group the HMRA asbl
All images are made in present time by Marcel Bahnen of ImageworX! World War 2 visualisation by Marcel Bahnen, [email protected] - www.imageworx.nl All rights reserved © 2023

09/05/2023

08/05/2023

An exhausted BAR Gunner, 2/41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Division. Operation Cobra, July 1944.

17/04/2023

Pathfinder of 501st PIR, 101st Airborne Division by . Bastogne - December 23, 1944.
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17/04/2023

Orders come in for a limited counterattack to secure some vital road routes. The Schwere Zug is to be used in reserve and committed only in the event of stiff enemy resistance.

17/04/2023

17/04/2023

Preparing for your German impression or display this season? Why not add some personal equipment or pocket litter to finish the look! 👌

Check out the full range here ⬇
https://www.epicmilitaria.com/german-ww2-militaria/personal-equipment.html

16/04/2023

2/505 trooper, outskirts of Nijmegen September 1944.

Photo courtesy of A. Harrison.

12/04/2023

September Odessey: 2nd Armored Division taking a break at a old Farm somewhere in Belgian Limburg. A historical WWII reconstruction made during the September Odyssey 2019 tour of the 2nd Armored in Europe.
In September 2019, 250 men from 20 countries followed the tracks of the advancing 2nd Armored Division from Northern France to the border with the south of the Netherlands in September 1944.

World War 2 visualisation by Marcel Bahnen, ImageworX. [email protected] - www.imageworx.nl - All rights reserved © 2023

12/04/2023

07/04/2023

GI poses for a picture along the River Rhine somewhere in Germany - Mar/April 1945

Note K-Ration boxes tied together

LIFE Magazine Archives - William Vandivert Photographer

20/03/2023

The sounds of battle grow louder as the advancing Züge meet heavy resistance. Kreuz, the MG Richtschütze, prepares the MG in a covering position.

28/02/2023

Cold Respite
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Ardennes offensive, Belgium, January 1945.

82nd AB - 508th - G Company - 1st Pltn, 2nd Squad.

21/02/2023

20/02/2023

82nd AB 508th, G Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd Squad Bazooka team.

Photo taken after "In the footsteps in the 82nd" had concluded. Reenactors from the UK and across Europe came together for the 18km commemorative walk.

07/02/2023

"Pattons Vanguard: In the tracks of the 4th Armored Division, 37th Tank Battalion - 25th Cavalry Squadron - 51th Armored Infantry Battalion". A project made at that actual sites in Normandy in cooperation with the outstanding group " From Normandy To Victory ", August 2022.
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30/01/2023

Dear Friends and Followers
2nd Armored in Europe's 2023 Big Event - Operation Pheasant (October 20-29, 2023) Follows the path of the 104th Infantry Division during their advance into the Netherlands. Participant Entry Form and Bulletin #1 can be found on this Event Page.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5544651415618727

27/01/2023

The American positions are overrun, at great cost to the manpower of the Panzergrenadiers. Once more, the heavy platoon prepares to advance further into the American line. For the men of the ‘Hitlerjugend’ division, the battle for Elsenborn Ridge will result in a costly failure. Unable to take the ridge, the battered division will find itself moved to the Bastogne sector for a series of bloody and unsuccessful attacks.
The survivors of the division will finally be withdrawn from the Ardennes on 9th January 1945 for a brief period of refit and reconstruction before heading east to fight a new enemy: The Red Army.

27/01/2023

Telephone messages go in all directions reporting American patrols in the Bataillon area, localised counter-attacks and limited withdrawals. Meanwhile the skies above seem to be continuously full of Allied fighters and bombers.

27/01/2023

21/01/2023

Indianhead Tacticals proudly presents "Operation Epilogue", private reenactment tactical event. This is a private event that is open to anyone in the UK reenactment community.

Scenario:
US 1st infantry on the Czech border. Late April 1945.

Dates:
March 17-19 2023
Location:
The Down Mill, Chetton, Bridgnorth WV16 6AL
Entry:
£15

Payment to:
[email protected]

Current max numbers:
25 allied
25 axis

For more information join Indianhead Tacticals.

12/01/2023

Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, the Ardennes offensive, is underway. The Wehrmacht’s last gamble in the west has seen German formations burst through untested and inexperienced American divisions.

In the northern sector of the German operation is Elsenborn Ridge: The westernmost ridge of the Ardennes, towering 600 metres above sea level. Capturing the ridge and surrounding towns would clear the way towards Antwerp and force a peace between Germany and the western allied powers. On the road to Elsenborn, we join a Schwerer Zug of III./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26 ‘Hitlerjugend’ as it supports advancing Panzergrenadiers on their fateful march towards the well defended position.

24/12/2022

Lighted MERRY XMAS sign behind 65-ft. Christmas tree lit up by Italian bulbs strung up by Special Services & the 53rd Signal Battalion at the top of Radicosa Pass at 2500 ft. elevation, note direction signs to Bologna as MP stands guard, in the Apennine Mountains Italy - December 1944

LIFE Magazine Archives - Margaret Bourke-White Photographer

24/12/2022

According to one GI, deer season was whenever deer were seen. Here is some holiday hunting with the 4th Infantry Division outside Goesdorf, Luxembourg. Shown are Pfc. Clinton Calvert of Bayard, Nebraska, and Cpl. Roy Swisher of Washington, D.C. These men belonged to the 4th Signal Company. Venison and rabbit surely beat D rations. This is a wonderful piece of art from Colourised PIECE of JAKE. Be sure to follow his page to see more fantastic images.

25/11/2021

On point.
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Soldier of the 16th Infantry Regiment on patrol near Hamich, Germany. Mid November 1944.

Special thanks to for providing 1ID patches.

Taken by at Thetford at War, private tactical event.