Captain Corelli's Mandolin — Greece
Italian occupation of Kefalonia — and the Cefalonia massacre of September 1943 when German forces execute 5,000 Italian soldiers who refused to surrender.
When Italy signed the armistice in September 1943, the 11,500-strong Acqui Division on Kefalonia voted to resist German disarmament. After a week of fighting, the Germans won. Hitler personally ordered that no prisoners be taken. Approximately 5,000 Italian officers and men were shot over several days — one of the largest massacres of European soldiers in the war.