American M4 Sherman tanks pause along a snow-covered road in a European village, their hulls marked with the Allied white star and rear decks piled with crew stowage. Photographs such as this, associated with the 101st Airborne Division's records, document the brutal winter conditions endured by American forces during the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January 1945, when armor and airborne infantry fought side by side to hold key towns against the German Ardennes Offensive. Project: 218246