Historical inaccuracy/war crime apologism is a dealbreaker

Rating: 1/10 (24 November 2018)

My main issue with this film is the portrayal of the Malmedy Massacre. This was a well known massacre of American POWs by the Waffen SS, the armed wing of the Nazis, yet for some reason this film seems to blame the Americans for instigating the massacre by attempting to escape and firing the first shot by killing a guard, and having the Germans be regular army, not the criminal Waffen SS. Indeed, the commanding officer of this unit was tried, convicted and jailed for the murders, so this is supported by the historical record. (He was also later assassinated after the war by unknown persons and reasons.) But for some reason, this film chooses to whitewash the whole crime for some reason, for no clear reason. I don't know why this film is trying to be an apologist for a Nazi war crime, so for that reason I don't think it deserves viewing.