▁For no : ▁ 6 8 ▁persons , ▁mostly ▁civ ili ans ▁and ▁some ▁part is ans , ▁were ▁killed ▁by ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁SS ▁members ▁and ▁X ª ▁M AS ▁forces . ▁Gu ad ine : ▁Random ▁violence ▁to ▁terror ize ▁a ▁population ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁supporting ▁the ▁reb els , ▁almost ▁complete ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁village ▁by ▁fire . ▁Borg o ▁T ic ino : ▁T ogether ▁with ▁the ▁SS , ▁murder ▁of ▁ 1 2 ▁civ ili ans , ▁pill age ▁and ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁village ▁by ▁fire ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁that ▁three ▁German ▁soldiers ▁had ▁been ▁wounded ▁by ▁part is ans . ▁Cast el let to ▁T ic ino : ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁give ▁a ▁demonstr ation ▁of ▁firm ness ▁against ▁crime , ▁a ▁X ª ▁M AS ▁officer ▁had ▁five ▁pet ty ▁crim inals ▁public ly ▁g unn ed ▁down , ▁having ▁taken ▁care ▁to ▁gather ▁a ▁large ▁crowd ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁terror ise ▁them . ▁Cro c etta ▁del ▁Mont ello : ▁Epis odes ▁of ▁tort ure ▁with ▁wh ips ▁and ▁gas oline ▁and ▁summary ▁execution s ▁of ▁part is ans . ▁ ▁Def ense ▁of ▁Italian ▁national ▁borders ▁However , ▁the ▁X ª ▁M AS ▁units ▁also ▁earned ▁a ▁good ▁combat ▁reputation ▁fighting ▁on ▁the ▁front line ▁against ▁the ▁Al lies ▁at ▁An z io ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁Goth ic ▁Line . ▁In ▁the ▁last ▁months ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁X ª ▁M AS ▁units ▁were ▁dispatch ed ▁to ▁the ▁eastern ▁Italian ▁border ▁against ▁Jos ip ▁Bro