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Attempted to storm the 101st command post
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German soldiers who attempted to storm the 101st Airborne command post in Bastogne, Belgium, lie dead on the ground after they were mowed down by American machine gun fire. This photo was taken while Bastogne was still under seige (12/25/44)
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Actually, according to testimony of US soldiers, the German infantry tactics seemed rather poor during the Battle of the Bulge and they were often mowed down in open terrain conducting WWI style assaults on US positions. It seemed that the Heer and...
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I assumed their bodies were moved, doesn't seem very logical to be grouped like that, one mortar shell would have had the same affect.
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Hard to really tell but it looks like their weapons have been removed.