Hill 303 massacre

Name: Hill 303 massacre
Start: 1950-08-17
Location: South Korea

Hill 303 massacre — incident in the Korean War on 17 Aug. 1950, in which 41 US prisoners of war were executed by North Korean troops in Waegwan-eup, Chigok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea.

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South Korea
📅 Aug 17, 1950
☠ 42 deaths
🌐 8 language editions
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Massacre

Short descriptions

es crimen de guerra durante la guerra de Corea en 1950 machine-translated
ru военное преступление в 1950-м году в Северной Корее
ar جريمة حرب خلال الحرب الكورية عام 1950 machine-translated
ja 1950年の朝鮮戦争中に北朝鮮軍が米軍捕虜41人を処刑した事件 machine-translated
de Kriegsverbrechen während des Koreakrieges
fr crime de guerre pendant la guerre de Corée
it crimine di guerra durante la guerra di Corea nel 1950 machine-translated
pl zbrodnia wojenna podczas wojny koreańskiej

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