Chenogne massacre was a war crime committed by members of the 11th Armored Division , an American combat unit , near Chenogne , Belgium , on January 1 , 1945 ( shortly after the Malmedy massacre ) , during the Battle of the Bulge . According to eyewitness accounts , an estimated 80 German prisoners of war were massacred by their American captors : the prisoners were assembled in a field and shot with machine guns . It was one of several war crimes which were , or are alleged to have been , committed during the Battle of the Bulge by members of both Allied and Axis forces
Malmedy massacre
Malmedy massacre
Chenogne massacre