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Title
Peiper’s Chariots
Description
The attack is sprung and Kampfgruppe Peiper moves with great purpose to reach the River Meuse. The panzers and troops of the spearhead must brush aside any American forces and drive forward. The US Army is still in a state …
Source
Publisher
Date
1944-12-17
Scenario#
G11
Scenario Description
The attack is sprung and Kampfgruppe Peiper moves with great purpose to reach the River Meuse. The panzers and troops of the spearhead must brush aside any American forces and drive forward. The US Army is still in a state of surprise and lacking cohesion, but many units are putting up valiant fights. They will take their shots at stopping the onslaught.
Location
Stavelot, Belgium
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Malmedy massacre was a war crime committed by members of Kampfgruppe Peiper, a German Waffen-SS unit led by Joachim Peiper and part of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, at Baugnez crossroads near Malmedy, Belgium, on December 17, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. Eighty-four American prisoners of war were massacred by their German captors. The prisoners were assembled in a field and shot with machine guns; those still alive were killed by close-range shots to the head.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Malmedy massacre
Combatants
German
American

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