Category: Waffen SS 51st Brigade

• Massacre at Buchères. August 24, 1944.

  

  Massacre at Buchères. August 24, 1944. With German forces withdrawing in France, and Paris on the cusp of liberation, the Nazis continue their brutal treatment of the civilian population. On August 24, 1944, the village of Buchères (10800) near Troyes was to experience a day of horror. The previous evening, FFI fighters set up a…

  August 25, 2024

  1940s, 68 Murdered, event & history, Executions, French Forces of the Interior (FFI), History Daily, Massacre at Bucheres, France 1944, Waffen SS 51st Brigade, War Crimes, World War II

  1940s, 1944, 68 Murdered, event & history, Executions, France 1944, French Forces of the Interior (FFI), French Resistance, History Daily, Massacre at Bucheres, Waffen SS 51st Brigade, War Crimes, World War II