The Malmedy Massacre

Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Company, Inc, 1995. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket./Good. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. x, 148 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Scuff on fep. Illustrations. Endnotes. Appendices. Sources Consulted. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. The author graduated from Massanutten Military Academy and James Madison University. He has been actively involved in teaching and has a research focus on the Battle of the Bulge. From Wikipedia: "The Malmedy massacre (1944) was a war crime in which 84 American prisoners of war were murdered by their German captors near Malmedy, Belgium, during World War II. The massacre was committed on December 17, 1944, by members of Kampfgruppe Peiper (part of the 1st SS Panzer Division), a German combat unit, during the Battle of the Bulge. The massacre, plus others committed by the same unit on the same day and following days, were the subject of the Malmedy massacre trial, part of the Dachau Trials of 1946. The trials were the focus of some controversy." Malmedy is a picturesque Belgian town where on December 17, 1944, American Soldiers fell victim to the worst atrocity of World War II in Europe involving American forces. This book describes the Massacre in detail. Once started, it is difficult to put down Nine specially drawn maps, rare photographs, and unique information-packed appendices give the reader a special insight into the last months of the war in Europe and its aftermath.