Biscari massacre

When

14 Jul 1943

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

73

Coordinates

37.02° N, 14.50° E

Description

war crime from ww2

World War II war crime in Sicily

The Biscari massacre was a war crime committed by members of the United States Army during World War II. It refers to two incidents in which U.S. soldiers were involved in killing 71 unarmed Italian and 2 German prisoners-of-war at the Regia Aeronautica's 504 air base in Santo Pietro, a small village near Caltagirone, southern Sicily, Italy, on 14 July 1943.

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei der Eroberung von Biscari kommt es zum Biscari-Massaker durch US-amerikanische Truppen an italienischen und deutschen Kriegsgefangenen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “massacre de Biscari ; des troupes américaines sont impliquées dans le meurtre de prisonniers de guerre désarmés allemands et italiens”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “«Бискарская резня»: расправа американских солдат над 76 военнопленными итальянцами и немцами”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Sicilia (Italia) ocurre la masacre de Biscari”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page