Massacre of Kos

E500201
World War II atrocity massacre war crime

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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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Massacre of Kos canonical 1
Massacres in Greece 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II atrocity ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
afterEvent Armistice of Cassibile NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kos massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguageContext German ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
hasTypeOfVictim prisoners of war ⓘ
location Dodecanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kos NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
perpetrator German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ
perpetratorNationality German ⓘ
region Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Dodecanese Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
German occupation of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
German reprisals against Italian troops in the Aegean ⓘ
Italian Social Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian armistice with the Allies ⓘ
Massacre of the Acqui Division in Kefalonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
result death of most Italian officers captured on Kos ⓘ
target captured Italian officers ⓘ
victim Italian officers ⓘ
Royal Italian Army officers NERFINISHED ⓘ
victimNationality Italian ⓘ
violationOf Geneva Conventions (customary principles at the time) NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 → Massacre of Kos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massacres in Greece