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 |
| Date | 12–21 July 1944 |
Attack type | Mass shooting, war crime |
| Deaths | 35–36 killed |
| Victims | French civilians |
| Perpetrators | German military, Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division |
The Dortan massacre was a massacre in which approximately 35 French civilians 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.