In 1944 German troops surrounded and trapped a full regiment of American Soldiers in the Ardennes forest (Called the battle of the bulge). During the initial fighting the German SS divisions executed their prisoners, why was this a mistake?
It intensified resistance as the Americans thought they were going to be executed anyway
It had no efefct on teh battle and the war thereafter
It led to the Marathon race being formed in honor of the incident
It caused confusion in the German lines