1943 ⟶ Changjiao Massacre: Japanese Kill Civilians

The Japanese begin a three-day massacre of civilians; about ...
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🔪 Katyn Massacre: Soviet NKVD Executes Polish Officers

22,000 Polish officers, policemen, and others are massacred by the Soviet NKVD in the Katyn massacre.⟶
Katyn Massacre: Soviet NKVD Executes Polish Officers (1940)
massacrewar crimesSoviet UnionPolandNKVDexecutionatrocitypolitical repressionEastern Front

🔥 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.⟶
Odessa Massacre Begins (1941)
HolocaustMassacreEastern FrontRomaniaJewish PersecutionWar CrimesGenocideSoviet Union

🔪 Changjiao Massacre: Japanese Kill Civilians

The Japanese begin a three-day massacre of civilians; about 30,000 Chinese are killed in the Changjiao massacre.⟶
Changjiao Massacre: Japanese Kill Civilians (1943)
atrocitymassacrecivilian deathswar crimesChinaJapanese occupationEastern Front

🔪 German Massacre of Kalavryta

German soldiers carry out the Massacre of Kalavryta in southern Greece.⟶
German Massacre of Kalavryta (1943)
MassacreWar CrimesGreeceGerman OccupationResistanceEastern Front

🔪 Distomo Massacre in Greece

In the Distomo massacre in Greece, 218 civilians are killed.⟶
Distomo Massacre in Greece (1944)
Greecemassacrecivilian casualtiesGerman atrocitiesoccupationEastern Frontwar crimesatrocities

🔪 Baligród Massacre: Polish Civilians Killed

Ukrainian insurgents kill 42 Polish civilians in the Baligród massacre.⟶
Baligród Massacre: Polish Civilians Killed (1944)
massacrePolandUkraineethnic violencecivilian casualtiesEastern Frontinsurgentsatrocitieswar crimesconflict