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Massacre of the Acqui Division

The Massacre of the Acqui Division, also known as the Cephalonia massacre, was a war crime by German soldiers against POWs of the Italian 33rd Infantry Division "Acqui" on the island of Cephalonia, Greece, in September 1943, following the Armistice of Cassibile during the Second World War. About 5,000 soldiers were executed, and around 3,000 more drowned.

Massacre of the Acqui Division
Massacre of the Acqui Division · George Tekmenidis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
21 Sept 1943 – 26 Sept 1943
Where
Cephalonia
Era
Modern

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