Some intresting WW2 Ardennes footage. (updated)

18th Dec 1944, Poteau Belguim, Waffen SS sharing cigarettes

http://www.youtube.com/v/E9EkaeaX7E8

Good hunting, Peiper.

die Ardennenoffensive 1944 Wochenschau

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f5ai-u4 ... re=related

Ceremony at Baugnez (Malmédy Massacre)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgQ9SK-s ... re=related

Very sad what happened to the soldiers on OUR SIDE there but the malmedy part of this film (The most realistic part of the film) just shows there's two sides to every story and it was not just a chicken shoot. I believe there is an account of a US soldier that was there who said it started because of POWs trying to escape.(To be honest I would have crapped myself if I had been told that the SS take no prisoners and then been taken prisoner by them.)

Note: I am not standing up for the SS who murdered unarmed soldiers, I am just saying there was more to the story than most people think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXVOtfKinaM

Hi Chorlitz.
Some good points, there are a number of versions about the "Malmedy incident",
ranging from "a nervous young SS soldier opening fire", to "some American prisoners
making a run for it and the SS firing on them".

We may never know the truth, whatever it was it shouldn't have occured, but everybody
can say that in the aftermath, you have to remember the circumstances and conditions
that both sides were exposed to before anybody condemns or passes judgement.

It is the same with the cases of "innocent Belgian civillians" being killed in the nearby
villages which was put at the SS door, even though the Allies had bombed these villages
themselves and the civillians themselves had in some cases been "spotting" for the US troops
who were in these villages and also helping them and letting them use their houses for
cover and shelter, for instance a passing tank does not distinguish who fired at it only
where the firing has come from and likewise returns it indiscriminately, this is just my opinion.

One thing we do know was that the officer who took the blame (Peiper), should not have,
as he was not even at Malmedy at the time and was some miles away when the incident
occured.

Regards Peiper.

Some more "Ardennes/Poteau" you tube footage

http://www.youtube.com/v/hJSoOWvIQ9g

Enjoy, Pipes

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