Snow and War

As if fighting in a war isn't bad enough--there's fighting a war in the snow. 

American GIs on patrol, looking for German paratroopers in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, 1945. Source

A desolate, snowy trench on the Western Front, WWI. Source

Snowy trench, WWI. Source

Hungarian soldiers trying to move a truck through the snow, Hungary, 1939. Source

British paratroopers carry a comrade on a stretcher in Italy, 1944. Source

Tanks in the snow during the Battle of the Bulge, Belgium, 1945. Source

GI examining smashed equipment in a snowy field in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, 1945. Source

American 10th Army Div. Army ski patrol in a snow buggy on the Italian front, 1945. Source

Army ski patrol in the Appennine mountains, Italy, 1945. Source

Men with hot drinks sheltering from a blizzard, WWI. Source

Soldiers wrapping burlap sacks around their boots for traction on the snow, Korea, 1951. Source

American fighter planes on a snow-covered flight deck off Korea, 1951. Source

American soldier lying in the snow, taking a position to cover the rest of his patrol, Korea, 1951. Source

American soldiers walk along a snowy road, Belgium, 1945. Source