Dortan massacre

Dortan massacre
Part of World War II
Commemorative plaque to the victims
Location	Dortan, France
Coordinates	46°19′06″N 05°39′35″E / 46.31833°N 5.65972°E / 46.31833; 5.65972
Date	12–21 July 1944
Attack type	Mass shooting, war crime
Deaths	35–36 killed[nb 1]
Victims	French civilians
Perpetrators	German military, Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division

The Dortan massacre was a massacre in which approximately 35 French civilians ^{[nb 1]} were killed by Wehrmacht volunteers in the village of Dortan, Ain during World War II. It was perpetrated by Volunteer Cossack-Stamm-Regiment 5, part of the Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division, in 12–21 July 1944 during Operation Treffenfeld. It was part of a wider German anti-partisan offensive against the French Maquis de l'Ain et du Haut-Jura, which staged a massive uprising in mid-1944 along with other French resistance groups.
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