Chenogne massacre

When

1 Jan 1945

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

60

Coordinates

49.99° N, 5.62° E

Description

WWII war crime

1945 American war crime

The Chenogne massacre was a war crime committed by members of the 11th Armored Division, an American combat unit, near Chenogne, Belgium, on January 1, 1945, during the American counteroffensive at Bastogne, a part of the Battle of the Bulge.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Massaker von Chenogne ist ein Kriegsverbrechen der Alliierten im Zweiten Weltkrieg, bei dem mehrere Dutzend Kriegsgefangene aus der Wehrmacht von Soldaten…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Бойня у деревни Шенонь”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page