1944 ⟶ Courcelles Massacre: Retaliation in Belgium
Following the assassination of a collaborationist politician...
Year
1943
1944
1945
🔪 German Massacre of Kalavryta
German soldiers carry out the Massacre of Kalavryta in southern Greece.⟶
MassacreWar CrimesGreeceGerman OccupationResistanceEastern Front
😔 Courcelles Massacre: Retaliation in Belgium
Following the assassination of a collaborationist politician in Belgium by the resistance, 20 civilians are massacred in Courcelles by paramilitaries in retaliation.⟶
BelgiumResistanceParamilitaryMassacreWar CrimesCollaborationCivilian Casualties
🪦 Alexandre Galopin Assassinated in Belgium
Belgian industrialist Alexandre Galopin is assassinated in occupied Belgium by Flemish paramilitaries.⟶
resistanceassassinationBelgiumcollaborationoccupied territoriesindustrialist
💔 Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre
At Oradour-sur-Glane (a town near Limoges), France, 642 men, women, and children are massacred in a German response to local Resistance activities.⟶
massacreOradour-sur-Glaneatrocitywar crimeGerman retaliationresistanceFrancecivilian casualties
🔪 Distomo Massacre in Greece
In the Distomo massacre in Greece, 218 civilians are killed.⟶
Greecemassacrecivilian casualtiesGerman atrocitiesoccupationEastern Frontwar crimesatrocities
🔥 Gardelegen Massacre
Gardelegen Massacre takes place. Over 1000 slave laborers were closed in a barn which then was set on fire. It was one of the last massacres on civil population perpetrated by Germans. Just a few hours later, American troops captured Gardelegen⟶
GermanyMassacreGardelegenWar CrimesConcentration CampCivilian CasualtiesHolocaustWorld War II