During the winter of 1944-45, more than 500,000 troops were deployed in the Ardennes. An astonishing number -- 76,000 -- would be wounded or killed. The troops were young men -- some of them barely out of high school.

Freezing cold, frostbite, death -- these were everyday facts for the soldiers at the Bulge. Browse this gallery of photos from the Battle of the Bulge to see what it was like.

Caution: Some of these images clearly show the horrors of war.

A gallery of World War II cartoons by Bill Mauldin presents another side of life for American foot soldiers.