Nazi atrocities: The Wormhoudt massacre of 1940
Mr H visits the fields of La Plaine au Bois in a quiet corner of France that's more commonly known as the site of 'The Wormhoudt massacre' and where 80 British prisoners of war were murdered in a barn after surrendering to Waffen SS soldiers of the 2nd battalion of the 1st Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, under the command of SS-Hauptsturmführer Wilhelm Mohnke on the 28th of May 1940.
The Wormhoudt Massacre site & Cemetery, France (Extended)
The Wormhoudt massacre took place during the British retreat to Dunkirk in May 1940 as the German Army advanced towards the Channel (28th May 1940).
An estimated 100 POW's (mainly British but some French) were crammed into a small cow shed in an isolated farming area about 14 miles south of Dunkirk.
Several grenades were thrown into the shed killing many of the men instantly. Those still alive were led outside the shed and shot one by one.
Two men, Lynn Allen and Bert Evans managed to escape along a ditch running beside the shed. Bertie had been injured in the initial assault and was pulled along the ditch for about 100m by Allen. Upon reaching a small pond they were spotted by a SS guard who killed Allen with a single shot to the head. Evans was hit in the neck and played dead.
Evans survived the ordeal and returned every year to the site to remember his colleagues. The site itself was unknown until the 1960's and a solitary tree became the main memorial to the event. It wasn't until 2000 that the meadow area was purchased and the full memorial created.
Wilhelm Mohnke was alleged to be the perpetrator but was never brought to trial.
The end of the video shows the Commonwealth War Grave Commission Cemetery (CWGC) Esquelbecq Military Cemetery where the bodies of the British soldiers were buried.
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The Wormhoudt Massacre Memorial site, France in 2010.
The Wormhoudt Massacre Memorial, France site of an SS massacre of Allied POW's in May 1940. Recorded several years ago.
The Wormhout Massacre | May 1940
In late May 1940, as the Battle of Dunkirk unfolded, British troops fought and battled against German forces around the French town of Wormhout. What followed in the aftermath of the battle was a tragic event that led to the death of 80 British Prisoners of War at the hands of their German captors.
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The Waffen-SS (German pronunciation: [ˈvafn̩ʔɛsˌʔɛs], Armed SS) was the armed wing of the Nazi Party's SS organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and un-occupied lands.The Waffen-SS grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions during World War II, and served alongside the Heer (regular army), Ordnungspolizei (uniformed police) and other security units. Originally, it was under the control of the SS Führungshauptamt (SS operational command office) beneath Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. With the start of World War II, tactical control was exercised by the High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW), with some units being subordinated to Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS (Command Staff Reichsführer-SS) directly under Himmler's control.Initially, in keeping with the racial policy of Nazi Germany, membership was open only to people of Germanic origin (so-called Aryan ancestry). The rules were partially relaxed in 1940, and later the formation of units composed largely or solely of foreign volunteers and conscripts was authorised. These SS units were made up of men mainly from among the nationals of Nazi-occupied Europe. Despite relaxation of the rules, the Waffen-SS was still based on the racist ideology of Nazism, and ethnic Poles (who were unfairly viewed as subhumans) were barred specifically from the formations.Members of the Waffen-SS were involved in numerous atrocities. At the post-war Nuremberg trials, the Waffen-SS was judged to be a criminal organisation due to its connection to the Nazi Party and direct involvement in numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity. Former Waffen-SS members were denied many of the rights afforded to military veterans. An exception was made for Waffen-SS conscripts, who were exempted because they were not volunteers. About a third of the total membership were conscripts.
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00:01:57 1 Origins (1929–39)
00:08:14 2 World War II
00:08:23 2.1 1939
00:08:32 2.1.1 Invasion of Poland
00:12:44 2.1.2 First Divisions
00:13:55 2.2 1940
00:14:04 2.2.1 France and the Netherlands
00:19:20 2.2.2 1940 expansion
00:20:42 2.3 1941
00:21:42 2.3.1 Balkans
00:24:10 2.3.2 Soviet Union
00:29:24 2.4 1942
00:29:33 2.4.1 1942 expansion
00:30:32 2.4.2 Panzergrenadier divisions
00:31:21 2.4.3 Demyansk Pocket
00:32:03 2.5 1943
00:32:12 2.5.1 1943 expansion
00:33:58 2.5.2 Kharkiv
00:35:30 2.5.3 Warsaw Ghetto uprising
00:36:04 2.5.4 Kursk
00:37:47 2.5.5 Italy
00:39:59 2.6 1944
00:40:08 2.6.1 1944 expansion
00:43:57 2.6.2 Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
00:44:53 2.6.3 Raid on Drvar
00:45:59 2.6.4 Baltic states
00:47:13 2.6.5 Normandy
00:51:23 2.6.6 Greece
00:52:08 2.6.7 Italy
00:52:35 2.6.8 Finland
00:53:14 2.6.9 Arnhem and Operation Market Garden
00:54:19 2.6.10 Warsaw Uprising
00:57:23 2.6.11 Vistula River line
00:58:18 2.6.12 Ardennes Offensive
01:01:04 2.6.13 Siege of Budapest
01:02:42 2.7 1945
01:02:51 2.7.1 1945 expansion
01:04:30 2.7.2 Operation Nordwind
01:05:30 2.7.3 Operation Solstice
01:06:30 2.7.4 East Pomeranian Offensive
01:07:29 2.7.5 Operation Spring Awakening
01:10:05 2.7.6 Berlin
01:14:04 3 Divisions
01:14:40 4 Commanders
01:16:13 5 Casualties
01:16:39 6 Criminality
01:23:07 7 Post-war Germany
01:23:16 7.1 Waffen-SS veterans in post-war Germany
01:25:07 7.2 HIAG lobby group
01:27:34 8 See also
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The Waffen-SS (German pronunciation: [ˈvafn̩ʔɛsˌʔɛs], Armed SS) was the armed wing of the Nazi Party's SS organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and un-occupied lands.The Waffen-SS grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions during World War II, and served alongside the Heer (regular army), Ordnungspolizei (uniformed police) and other security units. Originally, it was under the control of the SS Führungshauptamt (SS operational command office) beneath Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. With the start of World War II, tactical control was exercised by the High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW), with some units being subordinated to Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS (Command Staff Reichsführer-SS) directly under Himmler's control.Initially, in keeping with the racial policy of Nazi Germany, membership was open only to people of Germanic origin (so-called Aryan ancestry). The rules were partially relaxed in 1940, and later the formation of units composed largely or solely of foreign volunteers and conscripts was authorised. These SS units were made up of men mainly from among the nationals of Nazi-occupied Europe. Despite relaxation of the rules, the Waffen-SS was still based on the racist ideology of Nazism, and ethnic Poles (who were viewed as subhumans) were specifically barred from the formations.Members of the Waffen-SS were involved in numerous atrocities. At the post-war Nuremberg trials, the Waffen-SS was judged to be a criminal organisation due to its connection to the Nazi Party and direct involvement in numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity. Former Waffen-SS members, with the exception of conscripts, who comprised about one third of the membership, were denied many of the rights afforded to military veterans.
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