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Massacre of Battery B Prisoners Near Malmedy Details
Wartime record recounts the Malmedy massacre on December 17 where about 150 American prisoners from Battery B were executed by German forces including Tiger tanks and half tracks. Survivors describe shooting, burning houses, and deliberate killings in a snow covered field south of the crossroads, with few escaping despite attempts to flee.
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Karl von Rundstedt
Pws
Malmedy
St. Vith
IMA
Beterium
Battery B
Inspector General’s Department of the Army
Inspector General’s Department