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World War II: Was Justice Served After the Malmedy Massacre? The SS soldiers responsible for the Malmedy Massacre were to be hung, including Joachim Peiper. But none were sent to the gallows. Here s What You Need to Know: Peiper, Dietrich, and several other former SS men who played roles in the massacre were released from prison after serving 13 years. It was a dismal day, Sunday, December 17, 1944, just hours after the Germans had broken through the thinly held American lines in the Ardennes Forest along rugged terrain of the Western Front. The thunderclap of Operation Wacht am Rhein (Watch on the Rhine) had struck with sudden fury, sending the Americans reeling, units scrambling to defend against an onslaught of infantry, armor, and artillery aimed at driving a wedge between the Allied forces north and south, crossing the Meuse River, and capturing the vital port of Antwerp, Belgium. In his delirium, Hitler believed this bold counterstroke in the West, fraught with risk thou

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