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17th December 1944: A US soldier recalls his narrow escape from the atrocity committed by members of Kampfgruppe Peiper

Dec 17, 2024
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A 1945 depiction of the massacre of G.I.s in a farmer’s field, by war artist Howard Brodie.

The Germans' attack through the Ardennes was a desperate gamble. They had stiffened their assault with some very experienced SS units, veterans of the Eastern Front who could be trusted to fight ruthlessly. One of these was SS Kampfgruppe Peiper, a 4,000-strong ba…

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