"They'd been told if they surrendered the Germans would kill them." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmedy_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmedy_massac

"They'd been told if they surrendered the Germans would kill them." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmedy_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmedy_massacre They weren't entirely wrong, though on the other hand Kurt Vonnegut was captured there and lived a long and healthy life.