User blog:El Alamein/The Malmedy Survivors vs. Hiroo Onoda



World War II's greatest survivalists face-off in a battle to the death! The Malmedy Survivors, the few Americans who escaped being killed in the open snow by the 1st SS Panzer Division at the Malmedy Massacre, and Hiroo Onoda, the Imperial Japanese soldier who subbornly waged the second world war for nearly thirty years after it was finished! Both of these warriors faced severe strains when it came to logistics, and both had to pick their shots carefully and keep a low profile to avoid certain death or capture! Cunning minds will take on their counterparts and wage a stealthy war to decide who is the deadliest warrior!

The Malmedy Massacre Survivors
The Malmedy Survivors were 43 U.S. Army soldiers left of about 120 that managed to escape ferocious German guns after their captors of the 1st SS Panzer Divison opened fire on their mostly unarmed prisoners. The massacre took place on December 17, 1944, in a field near the Belgian town of Malmedy, during the notorious Battle of the Bulge. The men who made it back to Allied lines faced an intense brutal winter's cold, SS search parties sent after them, and their own wits and many who escaped the inital attack perished quickly afterward. Their struggle was featured in the film Saints and Soldiers, as survivors of the massacre struggle to evade German patrols and hide out until the Allies retake the area.

Hiroo Onoda
Hiroo Onoda is a former Second Lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army who held out in the jungles of the Philippines long after the end of World War 2 until 1974. When the Allies began to advance onto the island where Onoda and his men were stationed,a few of them fled to the hills. Once Japan surrendered in 1945, efforts were made to convince all Japanese troops that were holding out to surrender themselves, to no avail. For the next 29 years he and his comrades held out agianst all attempts to capture them or convince them to surrender. Finally, his former commander was brought to the island and told him that the war had ended long ago. Despite all, he was pardoned and went back home to Japan after holding out in the jungle for that long time.

Battle
Will be a 3-on-3

Both teams will have 3 magazines for their pistols.

Expert's Opinion
To be determined