Wormhoudt massacre

Wormhoudt massacre
Part of Battle of Dunkirk (Battle of France)
Rebuilt barn (cowshed), Wormhoudt massacre site
LocationWormhout, France
Date28 May 1940
TargetBritish and French POWs
Attack type
War crime
WeaponsModel 24 grenades
Automatic weapons
Rifles
Deaths81
Injured6
PerpetratorsLeibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler division

The Wormhoudt massacre (or Wormhout massacre) was the mass murder of 81 British and French POWs by Waffen-SS soldiers from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the Battle of France in May 1940.


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