Biscari massacre
| Biscari Massacre | |
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| Location | Biscari airfield, Santo Pietro, Sicily, Italy |
| Date | 14 July 1943 |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 73 Axis prisoners of war (71 Italian, 2 German) |
| Perpetrators | Horace T. West (1st incident) Troops of U.S. 180th Infantry Regiment (2nd incident)
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The Biscari massacre was a war crime committed by members of the United States Army during World War II. It refers to two incidents in which U.S. soldiers were involved in killing 71 unarmed Italian and 2 German prisoners-of-war at the Regia Aeronautica's 504 air base in Santo Pietro, a small village near Caltagirone, southern Sicily, Italy on 14 July 1943, most likely under U.S Lieutenant General George S. Patton.