Battle of the Bulge

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The battle began on 16 December 1944, when Germany launched a surprise offensive through the Ardennes forests of Belgium and Luxembourg. Hitler hoped to break through Allied lines, capture Antwerp and force the Western Allies into negotiations.

American forces bore the brunt of the initial attack, while British forces helped contain and defeat the offensive. The battle continued into January 1945 and was Germany's last major offensive on the Western Front.

Radio and signals equipment:

Wireless Set No. 18 in its open canvas carrying case, with dials, switches and a coiled cable on the front panel
Wireless Set 18
SCR-593 military radio receiver with a carrying strap and cable in a glass case, with an information board behind
SCR-593 Radio
BC-221 frequency meter in its open wooden case beside its calibration book, headphones and a green accessory box, in a glass display
BC-221 Frequency Meter

Military radio set in a wooden case with a round speaker grille, a coloured tuning scale and German labels
Military Radio
Field radio set on a desk with a Morse key, a red lantern and message forms, operated by a mannequin soldier
Field Radio Command Station
Museum diorama of a mannequin soldier wearing headphones at a desk of radio equipment, with a wall telephone and a framed portrait behind
Wartime Radio Office

German military Hellschreiber in a grey metal case, with a meter and controls above a typewriter keyboard and a paper tape printer, beside a leather cased Morse key
German Hellschreiber
German direction finding equipment with a loop aerial, receivers and a typewriter on a red covered table, between uniformed mannequins
Direction Finding Equipment
Olive green military radio set with a gooseneck microphone, headset and coiled cables, with an information card
Radio Comms

Tall glass display case with shelves of wartime radio sets, headsets and helmets on mannequin heads
Radio Equipment
Small spy radio set in an open case, resting on top of a rusty drum next to a mannequin in a pale coat
Spy Radio
Field telephone equipment with large drums of telephone cable and canvas carrying bags, beside an information board in a glass case
Field Telephone

Around the museum:

Display case of aircraft instruments and badges between two mannequin heads wearing leather flying helmets and goggles
Aircraft Parts
Wallace and Tiernan US Army altimeter in an open round case with a carrying strap, in a glass display
US Army Altimeter
Stuffed carrier pigeons with a wooden pigeon carrying box and message equipment in a glass case
Carrier Pigeon

Wartime film projector with two reels on a tripod, beside green equipment cases and a speaker
Film Projector
Small wood lined museum cinema showing black and white wartime film of officers studying a map
Cinema
Museum diorama of an ammunition dump with shells, spent cases and wooden crates on straw in a barn
Ammo Dump

Front of a Willys Jeep in olive green with an American flag and an information board
Willys Jeep
Museum diorama of a wartime bunker with mannequin soldiers around a table of equipment, under a hanging lamp
Bunker Diorama