The Malmedy Mystery
The Belgian town of Malmedy will forever be associated with the most infamous massacre of American troops in World War II. And yet, if not for the presence of of an Associated Press corresponent there...
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After turning onto the N-23, Sternbeck's PzKw. Mk. IV moved south, pushing abandoned vehicles out of the way and firing its machine guns at the ditches in which most of the Americans had taken cover....
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The bodies of those who died at Five Points on December 17 lay in what became a virtual no man's land from that day until January 14, 1945. Despite the fact that there was clear evidence from the many...
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Apart from some minor inconsistencies, such as Lieutenant Lary saying on December 18 that after escaping from the field he got a lift into Malmedy in a truck, but later changing his story to one of...
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What of the possibility that the Germans opened fire on the prisoners because there was an escape attempt? It is, after all, legal to shoot at escaping POWs, and there is evidence to support this...
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Stories like Malmedy get all the attention. but history does not state openly the many, many such occurrences that happened every day in the war. I have numerous personal accounts from guys who were...
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What else was Peiper to do? If he had detached a sufficent number of troops to guard the prisoners, a sufficent number of vehicles to transport them away, and the supplies needed to give them proper...
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