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Ceccano

Ceccano is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, central Italy, in the Latin Valley.

In the book

One of the southern-Lazio towns overrun by French colonial troops in May 1944; Lewis records that the British had to build a guarded camp there to protect Italian women from mass rape.

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Appears in 1 diary entry.

May 28 1944
A grim account of widespread, brutal mass sexual violence against civilians committed by French colonial troops advancing through nearby towns.
- War & violence
- Allied conduct

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