1. Most soldiers fought because they were told to do so. The oath the German soldiers took never mentions the word freedom - just as it neither mentions Germany nor fatherland.
2. History is written by the folks who write history books. If we would allow people from nations which never lost a war to do so, all history books would be printed in Switzerland
. Good historians avoid any bias, source bias is something different. Btw: a similar quote is also attributed to Peiper - and no, a video game is not a relevant source.
3. Still waiting for a source to prove the statement that survivors of the Crossroads incident defended Peiper. In the documents of the Dachau trial, the names of the defense witnesses and their testimonies are mentioned, also in the Senate subcommittee hearing. So I'll ask again:
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Originally Posted by Penguin
tell the names of the survivors, their rank and in which of the trials regarding Malmedy these statements were made.
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I haven't seen anything to back up the claims of th OP.