( CNN ) The U.S. Army calls World War II 's Battle of the Bulge , a six-week campaign in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium that began on December 16 , 1944 , `` arguably the greatest battle in American military history . '' British Prime Minister Winston Churchill concurred , calling it `` undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war . '' So it was entirely appropriate the man widely considered the world 's best war photographer , Robert Capa , was embedded with U.S. troops during a portion of the battle . Capa 's photos in the accompanying gallery were taken in just a short time at the end of December 1944 , according to Cynthia Young , curator of the International Center for Photography 's Capa Archive . Young said while Capa drew acclaim for his action photos , those he took at the Battle of the Bulge are of a different nature . `` The images of dead soldiers , a farmer burying a dead horse in the snow and German prisoners corralled with their hands raised attest to the bleakness of this deadly campaign , '' Young said . Capa , who Young describes as `` decidedly anti-fascist , '' was not an impartial observer of the war , but rather an official Allied photographer . `` He photographed for the American and English press to inform readers of the war in the hope that his photographs would help garner Allied support , '' Young said . You 'll see several photos of German prisoners in the accompanying gallery . Young said that Capa would only photograph German soldiers if they were prisoners . Despite Capa 's Allied status , he cast anything but a military appearance , according to Kenneth Koyen , a U.S. Army public relations officer who assisted Capa during the Battle of the Bulge . Writing in the History of Photography ( reprinted online on evesmag.com ) , Koyen relates how that appearance almost cost Capa his freedom when Koyen escorted Capa into a U.S. Army intelligence headquarters where an intelligence officer , Lt. Col. Harry Brown , was working on a wall-mounted map of battle positions . `` 'Arrest that man ! Get him out of here ! ' '' Brown shouted as he tried to conceal the map from Capa , who was wearing a pilfered German fur coat , according to Koyen 's account . Koyen was able to convince the colonel of Capa 's allegiance , but the photographer 's appearance almost cost him again later in the battle , when U.S. soldiers began shooting at Capa , Koyen wrote . Social media . Follow @ CNNPhotos on Twitter to join the conversation about photography . Koyen stepped in and waved the GIs off , he wrote . And then : `` Capa and I exchanged a long glance . Without a word , he took off the fur coat and stowed it in the ( jeep ) . '' Those GIs were among the 1 million soldiers who fought in the Battle of the Bulge . More than 100,000 Germans and 67,000 Americans were casualties , according to the National WW II Museum . The battle was considered finished on January 28 , 1945 , when German forces were pushed back to positions they occupied when their offensive began six weeks earlier . Learn more about Capa at the International Center for Photography 's Capa at 100 page , which includes the only known recording of Capa 's voice , a radio interview from 1947 . Robert Capa was a Hungarian photojournalist known for his photographs covering five wars . He died on assignment in 1954 .
Frank Capa was widely considered to be the best photographer of World War II . He spent a few days photographing the Battle of the Atlantic in late August 1944 . He had a few close calls while filming the battle .