THE GOURMIER WERE INDIGENOUS MOROCCAN AND NORTH AFRICAN AUXILIARY UNIT SOLDIERS ATTACHED TO THE FRENCH ARMY. JUST AFTER THE ALLIED/NAZI BATTLE OF MONTE CASSINO IN ITALY, THEIR ANIMALISTIC NATURE RESULTED IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BRUTAL RAPES, MURDER AND TORTURE OF ITALIAN CIVILIANS. MANY WERE CHILDREN OF VERY YOUNG AGES. OF OVER 10,000 THAT COMMITTED THESE ATROCITIES, JUST 300 WERE EVER TRIED FOR CRIMES BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT
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