On 7 June 1944 the French resistance movement FTP attacked German occupying forces and the hated French collaborating Milice in the town of Tulle. After fierce fighting, they liberated the town. But the next day the SS division 'Das Reich'...See moreOn 7 June 1944 the French resistance movement FTP attacked German occupying forces and the hated French collaborating Milice in the town of Tulle. After fierce fighting, they liberated the town. But the next day the SS division 'Das Reich' on his way to Normandie recaptured Tulle. In ferocious reprisals, the SS executed 99 innocent men by hanging (9 June) and deported 149 other hostages to KL Dachau (10 June), were 101 eventually died. Written by
fa404748 (Gent, Belgium)
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