What the records say
- When
- 17 Jun 1944
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 158
- Coordinates
- 48.88° N, 0.17° E
- Description
- series of executions of Canadian POWs during World War II
Placed at the district its title names, Normandy.
Normandy massacres
Series of executions of Canadian POWs during World War II
The Normandy massacres were a series of killings in which approximately 156 Canadian and two British prisoners of war (POWs) were murdered by soldiers of the 12th SS Panzer Division during the Battle of Normandy in World War II. The majority of the murders occurred within the first ten days of the Allied invasion of France.
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