What the records say
- When
- 11 Jun 1940
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 64
- Coordinates
- 49.46° N, 2.57° E
- Description
- 1940 Nazi war crime
Bois d'Eraine massacre
1940 Nazi war crime
The Bois d'Eraine massacre was a war crime carried out by the German Wehrmacht in June 1940 during the German invasion of France. On 11 June 1940, soldiers of the Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland executed around 74 prisoners belonging to the 4e Division d'Infanterie Coloniale of the French army near the town of Cressonsacq in the Oise Department.
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