Malmedy massacre

When

17 Dec 1944

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

90

Coordinates

50.40° N, 6.07° E

Description

WWII war crime

1944 German war crime

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. German soldiers under the command of Joachim Peiper summarily executed 84 U.S. Army prisoners of war (POWs) who had surrendered to them following a brief skirmish. The Waffen-SS soldiers had grouped the U.S.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Malmedy massacre: German SS troops under Joachim Peiper machine gun American prisoners of war captured during the Battle of the Bulge near Malmedy, and…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eine Kampfgruppe der 1. SS-Panzer-Division unter dem Kommando von Joachim Peiper tötet im Malmedy-Massaker US-amerikanische Kriegsgefangene”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “des prisonniers de guerre américains sont abattus par le Kampfgruppe Peiper au carrefour de Baugnez, à quelques kilomètres au sud de Malmedy”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бойня у Мальмеди”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “马尔梅迪屠杀。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page