Massacre of Kos

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The Massacre of Kos was a World War II atrocity in which German forces executed hundreds of captured Italian officers on the Greek island of Kos in 1943 after Italy’s armistice with the Allies.

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Massacre of Kos canonical 1
Massacres in Greece 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II atrocity
massacre
war crime
afterEvent Armistice of Cassibile
alsoKnownAs Kos massacre
cause German retaliation for Italian surrender
chronology occurred shortly after the German capture of Kos in 1943
conflict World War II
country Greece
date October 1943
hasConsequence long-term strain in German–Italian wartime relations
post-war war-crimes investigations
hasHistoricalPeriod Nazi occupation of Greece
hasLanguageContext German
Greek
Italian
hasTypeOfVictim prisoners of war
location Dodecanese
Greece
Kos
method mass execution by firing squad
motive punishment for Italian defection to the Allies
numberOfVictims hundreds of Italian officers
over 100
over 90
partOf Axis reprisals against Italy
German occupation of the Dodecanese
linked to: Dodecanese campaign
perpetrator German Army
Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
perpetratorNationality German
region Aegean Sea
relatedTo Dodecanese Campaign
linked to: Dodecanese campaign

German occupation of Greece
German reprisals against Italian troops in the Aegean
Italian Social Republic
Italian armistice with the Allies
Massacre of the Acqui Division in Kefalonia
result death of most Italian officers captured on Kos
target captured Italian officers
victim Italian officers
Royal Italian Army officers
victimNationality Italian
violationOf Geneva Conventions (customary principles at the time)
linked to: Geneva Conventions

laws of war
year 1943

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Kos relatedTo Massacre of Kos
World War II atrocities includesEvent Massacres in Greece
linked to: Massacre of Kos