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The Chenogne massacre was the alleged massacre of German prisoners by American forces near the village of Chenogne (also spelled "Chegnogne"), Belgium, on January 1, 1945. == Eyewitness accounts == On December 17, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, German Waffen-SS troops gunned down 80 American prisoners in the Malmedy massacre. Word of this spread rapidly among American forces, and aroused great anger. One American unit issued orders: "No SS troops or paratroopers will be taken prisoners but will be shot on sight." Author Martin Sorge writes, John Fague of B Company, 21st Armored Infantry Battalion (of the 11th Armored Division), in action near Chenogne described U.S. troops killing of German prisoners: At the Saar river the 90th Infantry Division "executed Waffen-SS prisoners in such a systematic manner late in December 1944 that headquarters had to issue express orders to take Waffen-SS soldiers alive so as to be able to obtain information from them."〔Peter Schrijvers, ''The Crash of Ruin: American Combat Soldiers in Europe During World War II''. p. 79, 80.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chenogne massacre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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