Massacre of villages under Kamešnica

The massacre of villages under Kamešnica (Croatian: Pokolj u potkamešničkim selima) was the mass murder of Croat inhabitants from several villages in the Dalmatian Hinterland, between the Kamešnica and Mosor mountains, committed by the German 7th SS Division "Prinz Eugen" and local Ustaše and Chetnik forces, under German command, from the 26-30 March 1944, during World War II.

The worst hit were areas near Trilj, namely the villages of Podi, Ruda, Otok, Voštane, Krivodol, Donji Dolac, Ljut and Rože.

Villagers, mostly women, children and elderly, were shot or forced into houses, which were then set alight.

[3][better source needed] The village of Voštane sustained the largest death toll, where between 300 and 400 civilians were killed.

[4] According to General Edmund Glaise von Horstenau, SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Arthur Phleps, commander of V SS Mountain Corps, acknowledged that "Chetniks wearing SS uniforms" (presumably of Dinara Division under the command of Momčilo Đujić) also took part in the massacre.