Le Paradis Massacre Research Paper

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The Le Paradis Massacre happened on 27 May 1940 when the British troops were attempting to retreat through the Pas-de-Calais region during the Battle of Dunkirk. The Le Paradis massacre was a war crime committed by German troops who were under the command of Hauptsturmführer Fritz Knöchlein. Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment had lost contact with their regiment. They then occupied and defended a farmhouse against an attack by German troops in the village of Le Paradis. After they had run out of ammunition, the British soldiers surrendered to the German troops. The British troops were then led across the road to a wall and machine-gunned. Knöchlein at that time had his men armed with bayonets to kill any remaining survivors.

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