JEFFY'S LIES ANSWERED AGAIN

Need some cites on the Germans executed in Malmedy????? REALLY? Now if I provide them what will you do? CONCEDE or continue your BULLpooTING Jeff?

Let's start with some NAMES............................

"The few German commandos wearing US uniforms who *were* arrested were court martialed and executed for spying (US uniforms). Their names: Billing, Pernbutt and Schmidt."

I KNOW in advance you'll like none of the sources here BUT:

"Traditionally, illegal combatants have been executed at the time of capture. The German infiltrators who wore American uniforms at the Battle of the Bulge were shot at once, no trials, no questions, no repercussions for the enders."

You know I really HATE to stick a pin in the self inflated balloon figure of a left wing BLOW HARD BUT... I think I must have a sadistic streak somewhere:

HISTORY LESSON FOR THE SELECTIVELY EDUCATED!

Two major special operations were planned for the offensive. By October it was decided that Otto Skorzeny, the German commando who had rescued Benito Mussolini, was to lead a task force of English-speaking German soldiers in Operation Greif. These soldiers were to be dressed in American and British uniforms and wear dog-tags taken from corpses and POWs. Their job was to go behind American lines and change sign-posts, misdirect traffic, generally cause disruption and to seize bridges across the Meuse River between Li�ge and Namur. By late November another ambitious special operation was added; Colonel Friedrich August von der Heydte was to lead a Fallschirmj�ger (paratrooper) Kampfgruppe in Operation St�sser a nighttime paratroop drop behind the Allied lines aimed at capturing a vital road junction near Malmedy.

Skorzeny successfully infiltrated his battalion of disguised, English-speaking Germans behind the Allied lines. Although they failed to take the vital bridges over the Meuse, the battalion's presence produced confusion out of all proportion to their military activities, and rumours spread like wild-fire. Even General Patton was alarmed and, on December 17, described the situation to General Eisenhower as "Krauts... speaking perfect English... raising hell, cutting wires, turning road signs around, spooking whole divisions, and shoving a bulge into our defenses".

Checkpoints were soon set up all over the Allied rear, greatly slowing the movement of soldiers and equipment. Military policemen drilled servicemen on things which every American was expected to know, such as the idenbreasty of Mickey Mouse's girlfriend, baseball scores, or the capital of Illinois. This latter question resulted in the brief detention of General Omar Bradley himself; although he gave the correct answer - "Springfield" - the GI who questioned him apparently believed that the capital was Chicago.

Nonetheless, the tightened security made things harder for the German infiltrators, and some of them were captured. Even during interrogation they continued their goal of spreading disinformation; when asked about their mission, some of them claimed they had been told to go to Paris to either kill or capture General Eisenhower. Security around the general was greatly increased, and he was confined to his headquarters. Because these prisoners had been captured in American uniform, they were later executed by firing squad; this was the

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standard practice of every army at the time, although it was left ambivalent under the Geneva Convention, which

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merely stated that soldiers had to wear uniforms that distinguished them as combatants. Skorzeny and his men were fully aware of their likely fate, and most wore their German uniforms underneath their Allied ones in case of capture. Skorzeny himself avoided capture and survived the war, leading a colourful life thereafter.

So much for your BULSLHIT......... I have about another 500 or so similar citations Jeffy. So much for your claims.