Liege Massacre (Look Out, Sir! Revised Map Game)

The Liege Massacre was an event that happened in the Belgian-German War.

Events
With the 1st Imperial Panzer Regiment's arrival in Liege, crowds formed around the tanks and began attacking them, to little success. A man attacked one of the men inside the tanks, which lead to him being shot. The crowds then began climbing all over the tanks. The tanks then started firing and running over civilians. The 65th Infantry Regiment of Germany arrived shortly after this, to a city in chaos. A detachment of the Belgian army also arrived, resulting in a short battle, leading to the Belgians retreating, even after having help from citizens of the town. The Germans then went around and arrested some resistance members. Many more resisted the Germans, which resulted in firing squads in the town taking out most of the resistance. In the following hours, Liege became another battle ground between Belgian citizens and German soldiers. VIII Corps arrived, and the General, after seeing what was happening in the town, ordered it burned to the ground. And it was done so. The city of Liege burned for days until the last fires went out, leaving most of the city ruined, along with most of the population dead.

Repercussions
In the following months, the Belgians signed a peace treaty, giving Germans back some ethnic German land. When the Germans moved out of the region, the French and Belgians found Liege burned to the ground and discarded corpses lying around. This prompted the French to hold a trial against the General in command of the VIII Corps, Karl Dieffenbach. The trial ended up in General Dieffenbach sentenced to death. It was carried out later on.