What the records say
- When
- 28 May 1940
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 50.88° N, 2.44° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Wormhoudt massacre.
Summary
The Wormhoudt massacre (or Wormhout massacre) takes place with the mass murder of 80 British and French POWs by Waffen-SS soldiers from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the Battle of France.
Wormhoudt massacre
War crime by the Waffen-SS
The Wormhoudt massacre was the mass murder of 81 British and French POWs by Waffen-SS soldiers from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the Battle of France in May 1940.
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