Panzergrenadier-SS Kampfgruppe Hansen in action during clashes in Poteau against Task Force Myers, 18 December 1944

Daily Mail: The Allied invasion as you've never seen it before: Stunning colorized photographs show the Battle of the Bulge in one of the final encounters of World War II

* Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II
* It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg
* Incredible pictures were brought to life by colorist Royston Leonard, 55, an electrician from Wales

The terrible wintry conditions soldiers were forced to fight in during the last major German offensive of World War Two have been brought to light thanks to a series of colorised images to mark the 74th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

Striking pictures show three gunners prepare to fire a shell on New Year's Eve in 1944 with the inscription 'For Adolph, unhappy new year', American GIs are pictured resting on railway tracks after combat in Düren and two soldiers can be seen inspecting a deserted Panther tank formerly of the Panzer Division Das Reich near Grandmenil, Belgium.

Other vivid colour photographs show a US half track cross a temporary bridge over the Ourthe River, members of the US 101st Airborne Division move out of Bastogne and Panzergrenadier-SS Kampfgruppe Hansen in action during clashes in Poteau against Task Force Myers.

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WNU Editor: The Battle of the Bulge began on December 16, 2018.

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