1943 ⟶ Acqui Division Massacre Begins
The Massacre of the Acqui Division begins
Year
1941
1943
1944
🔥 Odessa Massacre Begins
Odessa massacre begins and continues for two days. 25,000 to 34,000 Jews are led in a long procession and are shot and killed in an antitank ditch, or burnt alive after being crowded into four buildings.⟶
HolocaustMassacreEastern FrontRomaniaJewish PersecutionWar CrimesGenocideSoviet Union
🔪 Acqui Division Massacre Begins
The Massacre of the Acqui Division begins⟶
Acqui DivisionMassacreCephaloniaWar CrimesGerman AtrocitiesItalian ArmyGreece1943
🇮🇹 Acqui Division Surrenders and Massacre on Cephallonia
After resisting for a week, the Italian Acqui division on the Greek island of Cephallonia surrenders to the Germans. During the next days, over 4,500 Italians are executed and a further 3,000 are lost during transport at sea.⟶
CephalloniaSurrenderMassacreGerman AtrocitiesItalian ArmyWar CrimesResistance1943
🔪 German Massacre of Kalavryta
German soldiers carry out the Massacre of Kalavryta in southern Greece.⟶
MassacreWar CrimesGreeceGerman OccupationResistanceEastern Front
🔪 Distomo Massacre in Greece
In the Distomo massacre in Greece, 218 civilians are killed.⟶
Greecemassacrecivilian casualtiesGerman atrocitiesoccupationEastern Frontwar crimesatrocities
💔 Thiaroye Massacre Begins
The Thiaroye Massacre begins in French West Africa.⟶
AfricaThiaroye MassacreFrench West AfricaColonialismSenegalMilitaryWar CrimesProtest