Karl von Le Suire, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German general
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Place of Birth: Unterwössen, Bavaria, Germany
About Karl von Le Suire
- Karl Hans Maximilian von Le Suire (8 November 1898 – 18 June 1954) was a German general during World War II who commanded the XXXXIX Mountain Corps.
- He was responsible for the Massacre of Kalavryta. In November 1943, the German 117th Jäger Division began a mission named Unternehmen Kalavryta (Operation Kalavryta), intending to encircle Greek guerrilla fighters in the mountainous area surrounding Kalavryta.
- During the operations, some German soldiers were killed and 77 of them, who were taken prisoners, were executed by the Greek guerrillas.
- On 10 December 1943 von Le Suire signed the order for the German division to "level the locations Mazeika and Kalavryta".
- In total, more than 1200 civilians were killed during the reprisal operations.
- About 1,000 houses were looted and burned and more than 2,000 sheep and other large domestic animals were seized by the Germans.
- The event is known as the Massacre of Kalavryta. Le Suire surrendered to Soviet troops in May 1945.
- He died in Soviet captivity on 18 June 1954 in a prisoner of war camp at Stalingrad.
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