Mỹ Trạch massacre
Part of the First Indochina War
Memorial park with the memorial stele to the victims of the massacre
Native nameThảm sát Mỹ Trạch
LocationMỹ Trạch village, Mỹ Thủy commune, Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam
DateNovember 29, 1947 (1947-11-29)
TargetVietnamese civilians
Attack type
Massacre, mass rape, torture
WeaponMachine gun[1]
DeathsOver 300[1]
Perpetrators French Army
MotiveAnti-Vietnamese racism
Memorial stele to the victims of Mỹ Trạch Massacre

The My Trach Massacre (Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Trạch) was a mass murder and wartime rape committed by the French Army against Vietnamese civilians in the First Indochina War. French soldiers committed the massacre in Mỹ Trạch village, Mỹ Thủy commune, Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam from 5 am to 8 am on November 29, 1947. The French Army burned 326 houses and murdered more than half of the village's residents.[2] French soldiers raped many women and girls before murdering them. The French Army murdered over 300 civilian residents in Mỹ Trạch, including 170 women and 157 children.[1]

The location of the massacre was in the foot of Mỹ Trạch Bridge, a bridge on the North–South Railway, next to Mỹ Trạch Railway Station. French soldiers forced the victims to the foot of the bridge and lined them up before murdering them with machine gun fire.[1]

Every year, residents of Mỹ Trạch mourn November 29 as "Hatred Date."[3]

On December 27, 2001, The Ministry of Culture of Vietnam classified the memorial park in which the memorial site is located as one of the National Historical Relics of Vietnam.[4]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 "My Trach Massacre Care Service". Quảng Bình Official Website. Archived from the original on October 9, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  2. ↑ Minh, Huệ (December 7, 2018). "Visit My Trach village". Thanh Nien. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  3. ↑ "The My Trach Massacre - An aching pain for 66 years". Dan Tri. November 28, 2013. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  4. ↑ Sources: Information on the Memorial Stele and on Official Website of Quảng Bình Provincial Government

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