Tulle massacre

Tulle massacre
Part of World War II
Location	Tulle, Corrèze, Limousin, France
Coordinates	45°15′6″N 1°45′10″E / 45.25167°N 1.75278°E / 45.25167; 1.75278
Date	9 June 1944
Deaths	117 killed, 7–9 June, 149 deported (of whom 101 died in Dachau)
Victims	French civilians
Perpetrators	Nazi Germany, 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich

Tulle

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Location of Tulle in France

The Tulle massacre was the roundup and summary execution of civilians in the French town of Tulle by the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich in June 1944, three days after the D-Day landings in World War II.

After a successful offensive by the French Resistance group Francs-tireur on 7 and 8 June 1944, the arrival of Das Reich troops forced the Maquis to flee the city of Tulle (department of Corrèze) in south-central France. On 9 June 1944, after arresting all men between the ages of sixteen and sixty, the Schutzstaffel (SS) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) men ordered 120 of the prisoners to be hanged, of whom 99 were actually hanged. In the days that followed, 149 men were sent to the Dachau concentration camp, where 101 died. In total, the actions of the Wehrmacht, the Waffen-SS, and the SD claimed the lives of 213 civilian residents of Tulle.

A day later, the same 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich was involved in the massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane.