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1. • • On December 17, 1944, after a short battle, 150 American GI’s were taken prisoner just outside the Belgian town of Malmedy and herded into a field by an infamous German SS division led by one of the Nazi’s most brutal commanders. The unarmed American POWs were gunned down. It was the largest single massacre of American troops in Europe in WWII.
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   How many soldiers were killed in the Battle of Malmedy?

   • A lot of unarmed soldiers were killed, and in the chaos that ensued, some managed to escape. After a merciless hunt, a total of 84 American soldiers were dead, and 43 had managed to reach Malmedy.

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   How many German prisoners were killed in Malmedy?

   • Within a few weeks of Malmedy, one U.S. unit had machine-gunned sixty German prisoners to death in a small Belgian village called Chenogne (see “Death at Chenogne”).

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   Who was responsible for the Malmedy massacre?

   • This unit is responsible for the Malmedy Massacre (the town closest to the location of the massacre), which took place on December 17th 1944, at the Baugnez crossroads, in Belgium. Peiper’s avant-garde opened fire on an American convoy composed of roughly 30 vehicles crossing the zone.

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   What happened in Malmédy?

   • The delightful Belgian town of Malmédy will forever be associated with the most infamous massacre of American troops in World War II. And yet, but for the presence of an Associated Press correspondent there in early January 1945, it is doubtful that this terrible incident would have ever achieved international notoriety.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Malmedy_massacreMalmedy massacre - Wikipedia

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   Werner Poetschke. Sepp Dietrich. The Malmedy massacre was a German war crime committed by soldiers of the Waffen-SS on 17 December 1944 at the Baugnez crossroads near the city of Malmedy, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945).

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › World_War_II_casualtiesWorld War II casualties - Wikipedia

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   Civilian casualties include deaths caused by strategic bombing, Holocaust victims, German war crimes, Japanese war crimes, population transfers in the Soviet Union, Allied war crimes, and deaths due to war related famine and disease. The exact breakdown is not always provided in the sources cited.

5. historynewsnetwork.org › article › 12035965 Years Later: The Malmedy Massacre, December 17, 1944

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   The U.S. troops suffered 81,000 casualties, which included 18,000 dead, while their German opponents were hit with 70,000 casualties, including 20,000 dead.

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   Jun 12, 2006 · At least 15 were killed. Three more died later, and one was never seen again. Lieutenant Colonel Pergrin, standing outside his headquarters in a house in eastern Malmédy, heard the firing by Sternebeck’s tanks and guessed that that little FAOB outfit must have run into that column of German tanks.

7. www.historycentral.com › ww2 › eventsThe Malmedy Massacre, December 17, 1944 - Historycentral

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   The U. S. troops suffered 81,000 casualties, which included 18,000 dead, while their German opponents were hit with 70,000 casualties, including 20,000 dead.

8. encyclopedia.ushmm.org › the-malmedy-massacreThe Malmedy Massacre | Holocaust Encyclopedia

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   When the Germans left the site, at least 84 US soldiers were dead. Just over 40 Americans survived the incident, now known as the Malmedy Massacre, either by fleeing into the woods or pretending to be dead. The Malmedy Massacre was one of a series of atrocities committed by Peiper’s division.

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   Dec 17, 2022 · After a merciless hunt, a total of 84 American soldiers were dead, and 43 had managed to reach Malmedy. This war crime, as well as the rest of the abuses perpetrated by the Kampfgruppe Peiper, who had already and had kept committing war crimes in the Bulge, were judged by the military court of Dachau in 1946.The Malmedy Massacre is the only one ...