Peiper, the Man and His Kampfgruppe

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Peiper, the Man and His Kampfgruppe

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I have placed some of the previous episodes below:
• Battle of the Bulge, E...
• Battle of the Bulge Ep...
• Battle of the Bulge Ep...
My thanks to the BundesArchiv.de for the amazing photographic evidence. Needless to say, the US National Archives are the absolute best.

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@03pn11 7 ай бұрын

Remarkable soldier, guilty of being on the losing side.

@rogercude1459 Жыл бұрын

He wasn't there when they were shot an he never gave orders to shoot them, so not Guilty..

@davidsalvini7495 Жыл бұрын

As commander he bears full responsibility for anything his troops do or don't do. This is true in all armed forces back then and true today as well. When I served I saw commanding officers get relieved of duty for simply missing a few unimportant items after an inspection by higher headquarters. I am sure that the commander had no idea that these items were missing, but because he was ultimately in charge he was held responsible and had to suffer the consequences.

@frankvandergoes298 11 ай бұрын

@@davidsalvini7495So in your view General George Patton should be held personally responsible when 3rd Army soldiers massacred 700 prisoners April 1945. Instead Patton described it as an unfortunate incident.

@MrLukedanger 11 ай бұрын

@@frankvandergoes298Patton also said America fought the wrong enemy

@frankvandergoes298 11 ай бұрын

@@MrLukedanger Yes he certainly did. 👍

@maxrpm2215 10 ай бұрын

Its only a theory, Germans left a skeleton crew to guard the Americans. All it would've taken is for a few soldiers to make a run for it, there's yelling in German, panic starts to creep in now most of the US soldiers start running. The rest is history. Does anyone know if any German soldiers were questioned that were there?

@erikracz4162 10 ай бұрын

Ernest Barkman also fought in this battle, he’s a famous tank ace that captured American equipment and used it against the Americans. He also destroyed 3 tanks while towing a tank. It’s amazing how much theses German tank crews did, with the little support and equipment they had available to them. Truly brave men that history will never forget.

@squigmcguigan8965 10 ай бұрын

Peiper was a bloody good officer. He took responsibility for the actions of his men. As only a good officer would. Even if doing so. Would mean his execution. As for Malmady. The allies did the same. On many occasions. But by virtue of their victory. These incidents are forgotten. Peiper served the sentence served on him by a court of law. But was Murdered by faceless cowards in the night. My Grandfather served in the British Army from 1914/1919. He respected the Germans. But despised the French. I think I can see why.

@MilitaryHistory317 10 ай бұрын

I am going to cover the trial and the post-war period in the next couple of months.

@jeramysamarawickrama7633 7 ай бұрын

Its a shame europe destroyed itself for no reason. Napoleon tried to unify europe into a great empire then the germans. Now all of europe is going down british, french, german alike. Respect for grand father from south asia

@evanpetelle5669 6 ай бұрын

@@jeramysamarawickrama7633all by design. It’s truly one of the worlds most sinister chapters.

@earlpipe9713 6 ай бұрын

Indeed, with such victory comes the ability to determine what the "true" history, and rights and wrongs of it, are for the entire debacle.

@trance9158 2 ай бұрын

@@jeramysamarawickrama7633you gravely mistaken

@foxer774 10 ай бұрын

A great German soldier

@frankvandergoes298 11 ай бұрын

His unit was known as the blowtorch battalion because they used blowtorches to thaw out frozen engines, no other reason. The case about Boves was thrown out after 126 of his men all signed affidavits that neither of the senior officers Peiper, Dinse or Guhrs ordered civilians killed or were present when any killing took place.

@robertomeneghetti6215 7 ай бұрын

We know another version of the history, so........

@frankvandergoes298 7 ай бұрын

@@robertomeneghetti6215 So what?? Totally dumb stupid statement.

@dennymeyer7410 Жыл бұрын

Once again, clear insights into what was one of the most consequential battles of World War II your insights and narrative are excellent. Keep up the good work I can’t wait for the next installment.

@samarmartinez5941 Жыл бұрын

Uui88

@michaelkalinoski7998 8 ай бұрын

One of Peiper tanks in Battle of The Bulge is displayed at the Armor Cavalry museum in Fort Moore Ga . Tiger tank 332 . Got some good reviews about those Tigers from a WWII vet Harry Miller a M4 Sherman tank Commander.

@papapapa4633 7 ай бұрын

At Peiper's show trial he reminded the Court of the motto of the British Commandos..."No quarter asked and none given". The Allies were murdering pigs and hypocrites, and I'm very tired of our sick culture going after the reputation of this man and others like him. General Patton so riled up the soldiers of the 45th US Infantry Division the "Thunderbirds" in a speech that they immediately went out a shot many German prisoners. The incident was covered up by the Victors. The Anglo-Saxon terror bombing of the Reich and our fire bombing of the Japanese home islands was murder on a massive scale. We have no room to complain about this incident of war.

@eltonjohnson1724 Жыл бұрын

Excellent information on Peiper (i.e., his background and military record). Your videos are excellent for people into war history.

@malemesjager41 9 ай бұрын

If he was on the Allied side,they would have made movies on him because he was such a Badass Soldier!!

@MilitaryHistory317 9 ай бұрын

I am currently reading the Prosecution and Defense arguments for the trial. My plan is to do a video over the holidays.

@malemesjager41 9 ай бұрын

They were a Spearhead Unit,I can assure you Marine Spearheads never took prisoners sometimes either....

@evanpetelle5669 6 ай бұрын

@@malemesjager41definitely not lol. People need to look into the war more closely & stop scapegoating Germany.

@malemesjager41 6 ай бұрын

@@evanpetelle5669I get so tired of Hollywood putting out these pathetic movies like Fury and U571,The German Soldier was the best combat soldier of WW2,and there would be limitless amount of films showing the prowess and exploits of the German Army! German Blitzkrieg Tactics are still studied and used today!!

@blutrache19 4 ай бұрын

Jewllywood does that. It's in their nature. Still happening now.

@abidnego5974 8 ай бұрын

my uncle was in the 28th infantry and was wounded in the Hurtgen Forest. he as on his way back to his unit when the Ardennes Offensive started and ended up captured at Malmedy. i have a copy of the official Army Press Release of the account. he managed to escape but was wounded again doing so. he never wanted to be around a group of people ever again...

@MilitaryHistory317 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for including his story.

@derekp2674 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Cory, that was a very informative and enjoyable video. I particularly liked your use of historic photographs to illustrate the narrative.

@johnzajac9849 Жыл бұрын

For what it's worth: 'Waffen' is pronounced V-A-F-F-E-N, with the 'W' pronounced like an English 'V'.

@kevincocking8561 Жыл бұрын

just plain excellent

@MrLukedanger 11 ай бұрын

Great man you should look into his right hand man Werner wolf

@lewistrott417 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting, great job.

@paulmoore120 10 ай бұрын

A true worrier.

@timoakes450 8 ай бұрын

So correct-Did you know that J.Peiper was evacuated out of the line in France reason ??A stress induced heart attack!!Back to Gemany to prepare for "Wact am Rhine"

@andythelovely8053 Жыл бұрын

Well done.

@davidarmstrong7549 11 ай бұрын

Excellent video. I can't wait for the next episode. Kampfgruppe Peiper in the bulge is such an interesting subject.

@Elmayordeldesiertomxl Ай бұрын

What a great job, theres a way i could have the photos you use ?

@mahler71 10 ай бұрын

As the only woman on here I would like to say how good.looking he was. His appearance is quite at odds with his brutal character

@robertomeneghetti6215 7 ай бұрын

Not only handsome, but very clever, by going to live in France.....? 🤔🤔🤔

@robertomeneghetti6215 7 ай бұрын

@Alwisgm Er hat aber 30 Jahre laenger gelebt als seine Franz. und Ital. Opfer. Er ist dann in die Loewengrube, Frankreich, gelandet; offenbar nicht sehr schlau der SS!

@gator83261 Жыл бұрын

Good video.

@RonalldAnderson 2 ай бұрын

Remember, the Victor's in any war write its history.

@Glasspool78 7 ай бұрын

Wasn’t it proven that he actually wasn’t there when those massacres took place? But it was very conveniently swept under the carpet when they found that out.

@MilitaryHistory317 7 ай бұрын

I am going to do a video sometime this spring on the trial. In reading the trial transcripts, the trial was for a series of events, which included the Malmedy Massacre. As we used to say, leadership perpetuated a "command climate" that is why Sepp Dietrich was part of the crew on trial. It was about the orders passed down through the chain of command. The court convicted everyone, but they were all out in a couple of years. I can't wait to dig into this story.

@stefengriff7956 8 ай бұрын

War makes it's own rules

@spartakspartaki6289 10 ай бұрын

He was a ss man and took responsibility for his men actions not like a lot of nazis at the end of the war who denied what they had done a man among weak people

@trance9158 2 ай бұрын

Same can be said of the cowardly allied leaders guilty of the same or more.

@mikesmeets4418 11 ай бұрын

Sources? Wilhelm Sternebeck?

@MilitaryHistory317 11 ай бұрын

Werner. "Tiemann, Die Leibstandarte IV/2 and conversations with Werner Sternebeck, Arndt Fischer and other LAH veterans."

@TomDollard 4 ай бұрын

Another couple dozen Jochen Peiper's and regardless of the US manufacturing capability, the Germans would have defeated the Russians and the Americans. Great man. fantastic tactician who fooled the French into thinking he was burned beyond recognition when he actually lived out his life in Bariloche in Patagonia. Blut, Wahrheit, Mut und Ehre

@matthewfuchs7641 Жыл бұрын

Death by hanging.

@vonMohl 5 ай бұрын

Crimes remain crimes, whether you win or you lose the war. You probably will try to win to get away with it, but that does not clear one of blame before God, the only judge who matters in the end.

@trance9158 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha God... That's a man made fairytale.