Hardeeville

Hardeeville, South Carolina was the site of a massacre during the Second Great War.

In early 1944, Hardeeville was taken by the United States Army, lead by Lt. Boris Lavochkin. Shortly after, Lavochkin met with Mayor Darius Douglas on the outskirts of the town. Douglas was indifferent to the town's decision to deport its Negro population to death camps, and disgusted at Lavochkin for being so concerned about the deaths of "coons". Lavochkin shot Douglas in the face, and returned to town, announcing that Douglas had been defying U.S. authority. Immediately, a local boy started shooting at American troops from a window. The boy and his mother were immediately killed. Another sniper began firing. In response, Lavochkin ordered the indiscriminate shooting of the civilian population and the use of grenades. By the time the shooting was over, most of the population of Hardeeville was dead, and the town was a burning ruin.

The attack became a small propaganda tool for the Confederacy.