Chenogne (; ) is a village of
Wallonia
Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...
in the municipality of
Vaux-sur-Sûre, district of
Sibret, located in the
province of Luxembourg,
Belgium
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Chenogne, Belgium
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On January 1, 1945, American soldiers are alleged to have massacred German Wehrmacht soldiers during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
(see the
Chenogne massacre) in retaliation to a previous
massacre of American soldiers by the ''Waffen SS''.
References
Populated places in Luxembourg (Belgium)
Vaux-sur-Sûre
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