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Reporter Penny Roberts meets with those who survived and witnessed the massacre of British soldiers on the retreat from the Belgian border to Dunkirk in 1940. (1994)

As British soldiers retreated from the Belgian border to Dunkirk, some had the misfortune to be captured in battle at Wormhoudt by the notorious Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler regiment. Over 80 were marched to a barn in the French countryside where they were massacred, reportedly under the orders of SS officer Wilhelm Mohnke. In this programme, veterans and witnesses share their unique stories of survival as reporter Penny Roberts visits the scene. (1994)

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17 May 1994

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