⚔️📍 Malmedy, Belgium1944
Malmedy Massacre — SS Murders American POWs
Waffen-SS troops under Joachim Peiper shot 84 captured American soldiers at the Baugnez crossroads near Malmedy during the Battle of the Bulge offensive. The prisoners had their hands raised when the shooting began.
News of the massacre spread rapidly through the American army, stiffening resistance to the German Ardennes offensive and contributing to the denial of quarter to SS prisoners.
Outcome
84 American POWs murdered; SS troops executed after war