Editing Malmedy massacre (section)

== Massacre at Büllingen ==
At 4:30&nbsp;a.m. on 17 December 1944, the 1st SS Panzer Division was approximately 16 hours behind schedule when the convoys departed the village of Lanzerath enroute west to the town of Honsfeld.<ref name="Reynolds">{{cite book |title=Massacre At Malmédy During the Battle of the Bulge |first=Michael |last=Reynolds |work=World War II Magazine |date=February 2003 |url=http://www.historynet.com/magazines/world_war_2/3030591.html?page=1&c=y |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307200416/http://www.historynet.com/magazines/world_war_2/3030591.html?page=1&c=y |archive-date=7 March 2007 }}</ref> After capturing Honsfeld, Peiper detoured from his assigned route to seize a small fuel depot in [[Büllingen]], where the {{lang|de|Waffen-SS}} infantry summarily executed dozens of U.S. POWs.<ref name="cole"/><ref name="MacDonald"/><ref name="Judge1">{{cite book|title=Review and Recommendation of the Deputy Judge Advocate for War Crimes |date=20 October 1947 |pages=4–22 |url=http://137.248.11.66/attachments?lang=de&barcode=06-024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070929133325/http://137.248.11.66/attachments?lang=de&barcode=06-024 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 September 2007 }}</ref> Afterward, Peiper advanced to the west, toward the River Meuse and captured Ligneuville, bypassing the towns of Mödersheid, Schoppen, Ondenval, and Thirimont.<ref>{{cite book |series=United States Army in World War II, The European Theater of Operations |title=The Ardennes |first=Hugh M. |last=Cole |publisher=[[Office of the Chief of Military History]] |location=Washington, D.C. |year=1965 |quote=Statement of General Lauer "the enemy had the key to success within his hands, but did not know it."}}</ref> The terrain and poor quality of the roads made the advance of {{lang|de|Kampfgruppe Peiper}} difficult. At the exit to the village of Thirimont, the armored spearhead was unable to travel the road directly to Ligneuville, and Peiper deviated from the planned route: Rather than turning to the left, the armored spearhead turned to the right, and advanced toward the crossroads of [[Baugnez]], equidistant from the cities of Malmedy, Ligneuville, and [[Waimes]].<ref name="cole"/><ref name="MacDonald"/>