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| Wormhoudt massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Battle of Dunkirk (Battle of France) | |
 Rebuilt barn (cowshed), Wormhoudt massacre site | |
| Location | Wormhout, France |
| Date | 28 May 1940 |
| Target | British and French POWs |
Attack type | War crime |
| Weapons | Model 24 grenades Automatic weapons Rifles |
| Deaths | 81 |
| Injured | 6 |
| Perpetrators | Leibstandarte 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.