MightyGem
Of course I knew, but I was referring to the part of post #1 that mentions this being left out of media coverage.
I also heard a report on the anniversary of the escape that said only three men survived, which is confusing making a home run with surviving, but that isn't the point of the thread.
Although both sides in WW2 had times when no prisoners would be taken alive, I still feel there is a difference here (being in mind I wasn't there and am sat comfortably in England).
I feel that many in the Waffen SS were happier to shoot unarmed solders or civilians than the average Brit, Canadian or American may have been when ordered that no surrendered Axis troops were to be taken as live prisoners in the early stages of the D day OP.