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The '''Canicattì massacre''' (or '''Canicattì slaughter''') was a massacre that occurred in [[Canicattì]], [[Italy]] following its capture by American forces. During the [[Allied invasion of Sicily|invasion of]] [[Sicily]] in July 1943, eight unarmed Italian civilians were killed by [[United States|U.S.]] troops. The town of Canicattì had already surrendered when U.S. troops entered, following heavy German bombardment during their withdrawal.<br />
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==History==<br />
Upon arrival, U.S. troops received a report that civilians were looting a bombed factory and filling up buckets with the factory's products: food and liquid soap. At around six o'clock in the evening, Lieutenant Colonel George Herbert McCaffrey, the military governor of [[Palermo]], and some [[military police]] arrived at the factory. McCaffrey fired into the crowd after it had failed to disperse. At least eight civilians, including an eleven-year-old girl, were killed though the exact number of casualties is uncertain.<ref>Giovanni Bartolone, [http://www.canicatti-centrodoc.it/nuovocentro/sezI/storia/BartoloneGiovanni1/AltreStragi/index.html Le altre stragi: Le stragi alleate e tedesche nella Sicilia del 1943-1944] {{in lang|it}}</ref><ref>Ezio Costanzo, George Lawrence, ''The Mafia and the Allies: Sicily 1943 and the Return of the Mafia'', Enigma, 2007, p.119</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of massacres in Italy]]<br />
*[[Allied war crimes during World War II]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{cite book<br />
| first = Giovanni<br />
| last = Bartolone<br />
| year = 2005<br />
| title = Le altre stragi. Le stragi alleate e tedesche nella Sicilia del 1943-1944<br />
| edition = 2005<br />
| publisher = Tipografia Aiello & Provenzano, Bagheria (PA), Italy<br />
| page = 196<br />
| asin = B00WOFANJM<br />
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*{{cite book<br />
| first = Alfio<br />
| last = Caruso<br />
| year = 2004<br />
| title = Arrivano i nostri<br />
| publisher = Longanesi <br />
| isbn = 88-304-2128-6<br />
| page = 345<br />
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*{{cite book<br />
| first = Stanley P.<br />
| last = Hirshson<br />
| year = 2003<br />
| title = General Patton<br />
| pages = 378–9<br />
| location= New York | publisher=HarperCollins<br />
| isbn = 0-06-000983-7<br />
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[[Category:Massacres committed by the United States]]<br />
[[Category:Canicattì|Massacre]]<br />
[[Category:Mass murder in 1943]]<br />
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