Naples ’44

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In Naples ’44

A southern-Lazio town that fell to the Allies on 21 May 1944; Lewis records the mass rape of its women by Moroccan troops that followed.

Appears in 1 diary entry.

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

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