Massacres in 1947

1947 uprising in Taiwan

1940s rebellion in Madagascar

antisemitic Pogrom in Yemen

Massacre of Palestinian Arabs by Jewish militia in 1947-48

1947 massacre of Jewish workers in Haifa

mass killing of civilians by Dutch forces in West Java

May Day massacre at the Portella della Ginestra, Sicily, in 1947

incident in which the Irgun kidnapped and hanged two British soldiers

1947 massacres of Sikhs and Hindus in Rawalpindi

attack on a bus during the 1947–48 Mandatory Palestine War

genocidal massacres in Jammu

colonial massacre in Casablanca, Morocco

1947 massacre in Amritsar, India

1947 anti-Chinese massacre in Malang, East Java, Indonesia

raid on Arab village, mandatory palestine

In Indonesian historiography, the term Bersiap ("Get ready" or "Be prepared" in English) refers to the violent and chaotic beginning of the Indonesian National Revolution following the end of World War II in Asia. In Indonesia, the term Berdaulat ("Sovereign") is also used for this transitional period. It began after Sukarno's proclamation of Indonesian Independence on 17 August 1945 and culminated during the power vacuum between the withdrawal of Japanese occupational forces and the gradual buildup of a British military presence, before the official handover to a Dutch military presence in Ma