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Ardeatine Caves massacre

The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | 256 words | Copyright

Ardeatine Caves massacre. German massacre of 335 political and Jewish prisoners which was carried out in the caves of Via Ardeatina, near Rome, in March 1944. It was in retaliation for the ambush of German troops by Italian partisans. See also atrocities.

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