Battle of Lanzerath Ridge
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The Battle of Lanzerath Ridge was fought on December 16, 1944, the first day of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, near the village of Lanzerath, Belgium, along the key route for the German
117th Infantry North Carolina National Guard at St. Vith
First Lt. Lyle Bouck Jr., at 20 years old,
A camouflaged forest pillbox like those built by the I&R platoon
The northern shoulder of the Battle of the Bulge, in which Bouck's unit held up the German advance through a key intersection near Lanzerath for nearly a full day.
Malmedy massacre
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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. Sold
Corpses of the U.S. soldiers murdered by the Waffen-SS (17 December 1944)
Route of the Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Peiper: the black circle near the center indicates the Baugnez crossroads where Waffen-SS soldiers killed 84 U.S. Army POWs, in a massacre at Malmedy, Belgium, on 17 December 1944
A 1945 depiction of the massacre of G.I.s in a farmer's field, by war artist Howard Brodie
In January 1945, a U.S. soldier views corpses of 84 executed U.S. POWs