A renowned Nazi war criminal was put in a positive light by the US Army recently, in what might be one of the most bizarre military PR blunders of recent memory.
The 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, a pivotal World War II battle that would ultimately signal impending defeat for Nazi Germany at the hands of the Allied forces, was highlighted by the XVIII Airborne Corps on social media in a strange way.
Instead of the usual depiction of the 101st Airborne at Bastogne or the 1st Infantry Division pushing through the Ardennes, the Corps Public Affairs team decided to highlight a striking, colorized photo of Nazi war criminal SS-Obersturmbannführer Joachim Peiper, who was found guilty of ordering the massacre of US POWs at Malmedy.
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