Biscari massacre [SEP] point in time
Biscari massacre
The Biscari massacre was a war crime committed by members of the United States Army during World War II. It refers to two incidents in which U.S. soldiers were involved in killing 71 unarmed Italians and 2 German prisoners of war (POWs) at the Regia Aeronautica's 504 air base in Santo Pietro, a small village near Caltagirone, southern Sicily, Italy on 14 July 1943.
Background.
As part of the Allied invasion of Sicily, the Seventh United States Army under Lieutenant General George S. Patton and
commute the death penalty to life imprisonment".
See also.
- Nuremberg Trials
- Biscari Massacre
Further reading.
- Steven P. Remy, "The Malmedy Massacre: The War Crimes Trial Controversy" (Harvard University Press, 2017), x, 342 pp.
External links.
- Dachau Trial, Review and Recommendations of the Deputy Judge Advocate, Jewish Virtual Library
- Malmedy Massacre Trial, Jewish Virtual Library
- "Clemency", (Jan. 17, 1949), "Time