1/ In this week’s episode, reporter @ChrisHDeee investigates an American war crime that the history books largely forgot.
Here’s what he turned up … revealnews.org/episodes/take-…
Here’s what he turned up … revealnews.org/episodes/take-…
2/ During the Malmedy Massacre in Belgium, German troops killed more than 80 American prisoners of war. That story was splashed across U.S. headlines:
3/ Yet two weeks later, U.S. troops committed a similar massacre against about 80 Germans who had surrendered in Chenogne, Belgium. That incident didn’t get the same sort of coverage.
4/ Historian Roger Marquet spent years piecing the incident together. He even embedded with veterans of the American unit responsible. Here’s what he says transpired.
5/ After the war, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered a full investigation into Chenogne. The unit responsible claimed they’d already sent a report.
They hadn’t.
Then, they said it was too late to produce one.
They hadn’t.
Then, they said it was too late to produce one.
6/ As part of his reporting for this episode, @ChrisHDeee also found this detail about how the incident was recorded: 
7/ He took some of his findings to Ben Ferencz, a lead prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials, who is still alive. He asked about the war and the Americans who fought it.
Ferencz's response:
Ferencz's response:
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