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. Germ
Corpses of the U.S. soldiers murdered by Kampfgruppe Peiper, 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
Joachim Peiper was a German Schutzstaffel commander and a Nazi war criminal convicted for the Malmedy massacre of U.S. Army prisoners of war. During the Second World War in Europe, Peiper served as pe
Malmedy massacre
…crossroads near the city of Malmedy, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945). German soldiers under the command of Joachim Peiper (Kampfgruppe Peiper) summarily executed 84 U.S. Army prisoners of war (POWs) who had surrendered to them following a brief skirmish. The Waffen-SS…
The senior officers of the SS inspecting Nazi-occupied France: (left-right) SS General Sepp Dietrich, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, and his adjutant, Joachim Peiper, at Metz, in September 1940.
The Spanish Head of State, Generalíssimo Francisco Franco, is host to the Third Reich officials Karl Wolff (lt.), Joachim Peiper (ctr.), and Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (rt.) in October 1940.