Gentlemen,
...SS faction that committed this atrocity was a rogue unit that did not act pursuant to the orders of the German high command...
Yes, the massacre incident was largely committed by the Waffen SS under the command of Colonel Joachim Peiper who had a close connection with Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler himself. He was supposed to be executed for war crimes but the sentence was eventually commuted. About 30 years later he was found living in France and shot by either former resistance fighters or Communist Party members. The film also paints Peiper's tactics as self-defeating since retreating men who have no choice but fight or die fight much harder.
Still I would not call Peiper's unit "rogue" since this shooting of prisoners was hardly unusual for the Waffen SS.
When it comes to World War II films I prefer
"The Longest Day".
I'd like to give a shout out to my relatives who served, a grandfather in combat who lived, and his brother who was killed in a gas attack in World War I...grand uncles and cousins who served in combat in Sherman tanks, and various bomber aircraft in World War II, a father in the navy just after Korea, my nephew who has done two tours in the Middle East and still serves.
Also, a special note of honors to my long ago ancestors like Claude Louis Lemaire, Jean Besset and others who came to the frontier of New France to serve as guardians of the people against the Iroquois.
Many thanks, :thumb:
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