Druhý dokument o činnosti Kampfgruppe Peiper počas Ardenskej ofenzívy decembri 1944

Document of Kampfgruppe Peiper activities during the Ardennes offensive in December 1944

Autor: LAMOŠ Róbert

LAMOŠ, Róbert: Druhý dokument o činnosti Kampfgruppe Peiper počas Ardenskej ofenzívy decembri 1944.

LAMOŠ, R.: Document of Kampfgruppe Peiper activities during the Ardennes offensive in December 1944.

Vojenská história, 4, 11, 2007, pp. 157 – 164. 

The author presents another current archive documents from the series ETHINT that was made in English. Made on 18 September 1945 it represents the extension of the document dated from 7 September in 1945. It deals exactly with an examination of a former SS-Standartnefuhrer Joachim Peiper, a reputable commander of German tank corps during the WWII. Both the examinations, the one from 7 September 1945 and the secret service examination from 18 September 1945 was lead by the major Kenneth W. Hechler, a member of Historical section ETOUSA. Th e Ardennes section members of Historical section for the European battlefield formulated very exact questions connected to Ardennes operations after the study of the content of the former examination. Kenneth W. Hechler neatly rearranged the questions and added his own ones on behalf of the information received at the interview with SS- Standartenfuhrer Joachim Peiper.

Key words: Military history. World War Two. Ardens offensive. December 1944.

Ročník: 11 | Číslo: 4/2007 | Stránky: 157 – 164