4 real historical locations · Belgium
A low-budget American film about American soldiers separated from their unit during the Malmedy Massacre in December 1944, making their way back to Allied lines through the Belgian Ardennes with vital intelligence about German positions.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Belgium.
The 2003 LDS-produced film follows American POWs who escape after the Malmedy massacre — the SS execution of 84 American prisoners at the Baugnez crossroads ...
On 17 December 1944, the 1st SS Panzer Division Kampfgruppe Peiper murdered 84 unarmed American POWs at the Baugnez crossroads near Malmedy — the worst atrocity against US forces in the Western theatre. The Malmedy Ma...
View location →American prisoners of the 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion are machine-gunned by SS troops of Kampfgruppe Peiper at this snow-covered crossroads d...
The Malmedy Massacre on 17 December 1944 killed 84 American POWs. It was one of the worst atrocities committed against US forces in the Western European campaign.
View location →Four American survivors of the massacre flee through the frozen Ardennes forest, joined by a British airman, evading German patrols as they attempt to reach ...
The German Ardennes offensive (Battle of the Bulge) launched 16 December 1944 through dense forest terrain. Winter conditions were among the worst in decades, killing soldiers from exposure.
View location →Near this small village, eleven Black American soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion were also murdered by SS troops on the same day as Malmedy — a...
The Wereth Eleven were captured at a local farmhouse and executed. Their massacre was not prosecuted at Malmedy war crimes trials. A memorial was erected at Wereth in 2004.
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