![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some stars were veterans and when they could, they'd work with a movie to make it better - sometimes. Probably because most of the producers and directors never went closer to war than seeing each others' films. There were real historical heroes aplenty to share with the American viewing public, but Hollywood has always gone for the lazy way out with cookie cutter bad guys and phoney dialog. It's Hollywood at its worst, promulgating all sorts of BS stereotypes, bad history and appallingly bad characterization. Has anyone ever even heard of this "historical event"? wiki references a Der Spiegel article which gives no references. the Audouville-La-Hubert massacre? give me a break. It is either a fabrication or a gross exaggeration.ģ. Given his general poor academic reputation, I would certainly not give any credence to it. the famous quote by Ambrose is the one which is always quoted, but is impossible to pin down. It was rescinded a few weeks later, it does not appears to have been followed Ģ. the 328th Rgt order was given right after Malmedy. A lot of it appears to be posted by neo-Nazis:ġ. paratroopers "Īlways hard to know what really happened, as they say the victors write the history.ĭont rely on Wiki for this stuff. Near the French village of Audouville-la-Hubert, 30 German Wehrmacht prisoners were massacred by U.S. Perhaps as many as one-third of the veterans.however, related incidents in which they saw other GIs shooting unarmed German prisoners who had their hands up." Only one of them said he shot a prisoner. "After the war, when he reflected on the war crimes he authorized, he admitted, 'if the Germans had won, I would have been on trial at Nuremberg instead of them.'" Stephen Ambrose related: "I've interviewed well over 1000 combat veterans. Army) gave instructions to his troops not to take prisoners when they crossed the Rhine in 1945. "In the aftermath of the Malmedy massacre a written order from the HQ of the 328th US Army Infantry Regiment, dated December 21, 1944, stated: No SS troops or paratroopers will be taken prisoner but will be shot on sight. ![]()
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