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Massacre of Lippach

22 avr. 1945 · 48.90° N, 10.25° E

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22 avr. 1945
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Massacre
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36
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48.90° N, 10.25° E
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1945 American war crime in Germany

Lippach massacre

1945 US war crime in Germany

The Lippach massacre is a war crime committed by the 12th Armored Division of the US Army on 22 April 1945 during the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Some 25 US soldiers from the 3rd Provisional Company killed 36 Waffen-SS soldiers and reportedly raped 20 women and girls in the village of Lippach, near Westhausen.

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