S1, E4: December 1945: Soldiers led by feared SS tank commander Joachim Peiper herded a group of captured American serviceman into a Belgian field and opened fire, killing 82. Peiper was later arrested and following a dramatic show trial, sentenced to death. But controversy raged over the pre-trial interrogations with the accused SS alleging intimidation, violence and even sinister mock trials during his captivity. Was this justice? Many thought not. In the end, the Malmedy massacre would take more than thirty years to settle. By then, Peiper and forty-two of his men had walked free...
