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This week in the War, 4–10 October 1943: Two islands

This week in the war, massacres of prisoners occurred on two widely separated islands. The first incident took place on the Greek island of Kos in the eastern Mediterranean, close to the coast of Turkey. Italian forces had occupied the island … Continue reading

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