Joachim Peiper ( ; 30 January 1915 – 14 July 1976), also known as Jochen Peiper, was a field officer in the Waffen-SS during World War II and personal adjutant to Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler between November 1940 and August 1941. He saw combat on both the Eastern Front against the Red Army and the Western Front against the Allies. By 1945, he was an SS-Standartenführer and the Waffen-SS's youngest regimental colonel. Peiper was convicted of war crimes committed in Belgium and accused of war crimes in Italy. He was murdered in France in July 1976, after his house was attacked with Molotov cocktails.
Read more about Joachim Peiper: Early Life and Family, Military Career Pre-World War II, Poland and France, The Eastern Front and Return To France, Italy and The Village of Boves, Return To The Eastern Front, Belgium, The Battle of Normandy, The Battle of The Bulge, Return To Civilian Life, Fiction
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