Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger View Post
It is impossible to discern the truth, and I suspect it is somewhere in between, but I have always found it very difficult to believe that a German unit randomly surrounded a town and massacred all its inhabitants. It plays into the 'Nazis were the ultimate evil' typecast well, but it does not make very much operational sense, especially in occupied France. The SS could be ruthless, but they rarely acted without reason.
I don't even....