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Mister D
06-10-2013, 04:01 PM
Elements of the Waffen SS Das Reich Division wiped out the inhabitants of a small and ancient French town on June 11 1944. On their way to the newly opened Normandy front, elements of Das Reich sealed off the town, separated the men from the women and children, and murdered them all in what was deemed a reprisal for partisan activity.

Found an interesting Guradian article from this January:

Germany has re-opened an investigation into the massacre of 642 French villagers by Nazi soldiers in one of the darkest chapters of World war Two.
Almost the entire population of Oradour-sur-Glane, including 400 women and children, was gunned down or burned alive in a single day by SS troops on June 10, 1944.

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The women and children were herded into the village church where SS troopers had soaked the church pews with petrol and barred all exits.

Fire grenades were tossed among the villagers and those that survived were later burned alive as a reprisal for attacks on German soldiers occupying France by members of the French Resistance movement.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2270587/Germany-launches-fresh-investigation-Nazi-massacre-saw-642-French-villagers-slaughtered-day.html#ixzz2Vqj6Jium
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Peter1469
06-10-2013, 04:37 PM
There were lots of atrocities in WWII. Good article.

Mister D
06-10-2013, 06:58 PM
Definitely but there wasn't much of this in the west. In Russia, Poland, and China there was a great deal more. It caught my eye because World At War begins with this. It's one of the most dramatic parts, IMO. Tried to find it on YouTube. :sad:

truthmatters
06-11-2013, 08:20 AM
that is what happens when you allow sociopaths to run your government