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Fatal Crossroads: The Untold Story of the Malmédy Massacre at the Battle of the Bulge
Fatal Crossroads The Untold Story of the Malme769dy Massacre at the Battle of the Bulge Author:Danny S. Parker 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 Malmédy, Belgium. Although more than thirty men lived to tell of the massacre, exactly what took place that day remains mired in controversy. Was it j... more »ust a "battlefield incident" or rather a deliberate slaughter? Who gave the orders: infamous SS leader Jochen Peiper or someone else?
Fatal Crossroads vividly reconstructs the critical events leading up to the atrocity -- for the first time in all their revealing detail -- as well as the aftermath. Danny S. Parker spent fifteen years researching original sources and interviewing more than one hundred witnesses to uncover the truth behind the Malmédy massacre. The result is riveting. « less