Fatal crossroads : the untold story of the Malmédy Massacre at the Battle of the Bulge / Danny S. Parker

Author: Parker, Danny S.
Published: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, [2013]
Copyright Date: ©2013
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press paperback ed.
Physical Description: xi, 390 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1."Like a Storm Wind" -- 2.Men of the 285th -- 3.Malmedy -- 4."It Don't Look Good Boys" -- 5."Those Beautiful Trucks..." -- 6.Killing Field -- 7."Bump Them Off!" -- 8."Let's Go!" -- 9.Fateful Hours -- 10.Escape -- 11.Baugnez -- 12.Shock -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- I.Survivors and Victims -- II.Order of March: 285th FAOB -- III.Order of March: Kampfgruppe Peiper at the Baugnez Crossroads -- IV.Malmedy: In Search of the Truth.

Summary

On December 17, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, more than eighty unarmed United States soldiers were shot down after having surrendered to an SS unit near the small crossroads town of Malmedy, Belgium. Although more than thirty men lived to tell of the massacre, exactly what took place that day remains mired in controversy. The author spent fifteen years researching original sources and interviewing more than one hundred witnesses to uncover the truth behind the Malmedy massacre, and the result is riveting.

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ISBN

0306821524
9780306821523

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-375) and index.

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