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flight and expulsion of Germans
exodus & deportation during and after the end of the Second World War from 1945 to 1950
state terrorism
acts of terrorism against individuals conducted by organs of a state
Saint-Julien-de-Crempse
Saint-Julien-de-Crempse (; or Sent Júlian de Cremsa) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Eyraud-Crempse-Maurens.
April 2018 missile strikes against Syria
military strikes by US, UK, France against government sites in Syria
Bleiburg repatriations
crime in Yugoslavia at the end of World War II
Black and Tans
Largely unemployed British recruits used to support the Royal Irish Constabulary beginning in 1920
reprisal
A reprisal is a limited and deliberate violation of international law to punish another sovereign state that has already broken them. Since the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions (AP 1), reprisals in the laws of war are extremely limited, as they commonly breach the rights of non-combatants.
Wola massacre
1944 systematic mass-murder in Wola, Warsaw District in Masovian, Poland
Lidice massacre
complete destruction of village and massacre of its population as a Nazi reprisal
Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
German general and resistance fighter (1886–1944)
V-weapons
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Ardeatine massacre
mass killing carried out by Nazi troops in Rome, 1944
Foibe massacres
extrajudicial mass killings of Italian and other local populations in Istria and Dalmatia during and after the Second World War
Kragujevac massacre
1941 massacre by Nazi forces in Serbia
1804 Haitian massacre
genocide in 1804 in Haiti carried out against the remaining white French colonist under orders from J.-J. Dessalines
Dachau liberation reprisals
reprisals against Germans during the liberation of Dachau
destruction of Warsaw
plans by Germany
retorsion
Retorsion (from , from , influenced by Late Latin, 1585–1595, , a twisting, wringing it), a term used in international law, is an act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation for a similar act perpetrated by the other nation. A typical example of retorsion is the use of comparably severe measures against citizens of the foreign nation found within the borders of the retaliating nation after the foreign nation has engaged in similar acts. It is different from a reprisal in that the retorsion is always an action in conformity with international law, though unmistakably an unfriendly
Red Terror
term used to talk about the repression in the republican zone during the Spanish Civil War
Ležáky
right|frame|Location of Ležáky in the Czech Republic
1932 Salvadoran peasant massacre
Ethnocide that largely affected indigenous peoples
war crimes of the Wehrmacht
crimes carried out by the German armed forces during World War II
massacre of Kondomari
massacre
2022 Zamfara massacres
Series of massacres in Zamfara State, Nigeria
Ulster Volunteers
Unionist militia in Ireland
Yekatit 12
massacre of Ethiopian civilians during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia
Ascq massacre
Waffen-SS massacre of civilians in Ascq, France
safety of journalists
securing the possibility of reporting without threats
Italian war crimes
war crimes committed by Italy
Bandenbekämpfung
thumb|250px|Heinrich Himmler's report Number 51 from 1 October 1942 to 1 December 1942 detailing the murder of "bandits" and Jews in [[Southern Russia, Ukraine, and the Bialystok District]] In German military history, ' (), also referred to as Nazi security warfare' during World War II, refers to the concept and military doctrine of countering resistance or insurrection in the rear area during wartime with extreme brutality. The doctrine provided a rationale for disregarding the established laws of war and for targeting any number of groups, from armed guerrillas to civilians, as "bandits" or
Epirus Revolt of 1854
Greek uprising against the Ottomans
Chetnik war crimes in World War II
war crimes and genocide in World War 2 in Yugoslavia
Razing of Kandanos
Massacre of Borovë
Atrocity during World War II
Putten raid
1944 roundup
war crimes in the Kosovo War
massacres of Kosovo Albanians by Yugoslav regime during Yugoslav civil War
reprisal operations
series of raids and operations by the Israel Defence Force
First Sumatran expedition
US punitive expedition against the village Kuala Batee in Sumatra, in response to the killing of the crew of the ship Friendship
Hartwig von Ludwiger
Military officer of World War II
Kraljevo massacre
Massacre commited by Nazi Soldiers in WW2 against Yugoslavia
Kaisariani executions
German reprisal execution of 200 Greek hostages on 1 May 1944
Massacre of Kommeno
Nazi war crime committed in Greece
Lyngiades massacre
nazi killing of Greek civilians
Padule di Fucecchio massacre
German war crime in Italy during WW II
Operation Kutschera
assassination (successful) by soldiers of the special unit "Pegaz" (Home Army) of the SS and Police commander in the District Warsaw of the General Governor Franz Kutschera (Aleje Ujazdowskie, Warsaw, Poland; 1944)
Epirus Revolt of 1878
uprisings in Ottoman Greece
Battle of Fardykambos
1943 World War II battle in Italian-occupied Greece
Battle of Meligalas
1944 battle between ELAS and Security Battalions