Sack of Dinant
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sack-of-dinant-180-3357423
title:
Sack of Dinant
text:
The Sack of Dinant or Dinant massacre refers to the mass execution of civilians, looting and sacking of Dinant, Neffe and Bouvignes-sur-Meuse in Belgium, perpetrated by German troops during the Battle of Dinant against the French in World War I. Convinced that the civilian population was hiding francs-tireurs, the German General Staff issued orders to execute the population and set fire to their houses. On August 23, 1914, German troops carried out a brutal attack that led to the deaths of appro
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1914 executions and looting in Belgium
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Dinant
date created:
2023-10-30T00:53:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T13:52:28Z
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