May Holiday #8
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debris4spikeAs I said I had one more post from my holiday, on the way back to Calais we stopped at a WWII memorail site.
During the Allied retreat towards Dunkirk in mid 1940, the Germans took many prisoners, however in this case it ended in the mass murder of 80 British and French POWs by Waffen-SS soldiers from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. The 80 men were rounded up and let to this barn where they were slaughtered, although one man was able to escape (Bert Evans) and it is due to his survival (he managed to find other Germans on his escape who treated his wounds (he lost an arm) that the story was known at all.
Sadly no one was prosecuted as the SS were "following orders", and those in charge left nothing to follow.
The Wormhoudt massacre is a plave that must never be forgotten
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Overlooking the battle sites
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The peace monument
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A named Oak tree for each named soldier
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Man's inhumanity to man is a phrase often spoken, but sadly in cases like this, it's true.
May they R.I.P.
And so on that sad note, ny holiday photos have finished
During the Allied retreat towards Dunkirk in mid 1940, the Germans took many prisoners, however in this case it ended in the mass murder of 80 British and French POWs by Waffen-SS soldiers from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. The 80 men were rounded up and let to this barn where they were slaughtered, although one man was able to escape (Bert Evans) and it is due to his survival (he managed to find other Germans on his escape who treated his wounds (he lost an arm) that the story was known at all.
Sadly no one was prosecuted as the SS were "following orders", and those in charge left nothing to follow.
The Wormhoudt massacre is a plave that must never be forgotten
Overlooking the battle sites
The peace monument
A named Oak tree for each named soldier
Man's inhumanity to man is a phrase often spoken, but sadly in cases like this, it's true.
May they R.I.P.
And so on that sad note, ny holiday photos have finished
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