White Terror (disambiguation)
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White Terror
refers to acts of violence by reactionary groups as part of a counter-revolution.
Specifically, White Terror may refer to:
White Terror
White Terror is the violence carried out by reactionary groups as part of a counter-revolution. In particular, during the 20th century, in several countries the term White Terror was applied to acts of violence against real or suspected socialists and communists.-Historical origin: the French...
refers to acts of violence by reactionary groups as part of a counter-revolution.
Specifically, White Terror may refer to:
- White Terror (France), two similar movements against the French Revolution:
- First White TerrorFirst White TerrorThe first White Terror was started by a group in the south of France calling themselves The Companions of Jehu. They planned a double uprising to coincide with invasions by Great Britain in the west and Austria in the east...
(1794–1795) - Second White TerrorSecond White TerrorThe second White Terror occurred in 1815. Following the return of King Louis XVIII of France to power, people suspected of having ties with the governments of the French Revolution or of Napoleon suffered arrest and execution....
(1815)
- First White Terror
- White Terror (Russia)White Terror (Russia)During the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Civil War , the White Armies, foreign forces, and other opponents of the Soviet Government carried out mass violence against the population, including those with alleged revolutionary sympathies, associations with the revolutionary underground and guerrilla...
, mass violence carried out by the White Armies, foreign forces, and other opponents of the Soviet Government during the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Russian Civil War (1918–20) - White Terror (Hungary)White Terror (Hungary)The White Terror in Hungary was a two-year period of repressive violence by counter-revolutionary soldiers, with the intent of crushing any vestige of Hungary’s brief Communist revolution. Many of its victims were Jewish.-Background:...
, a two-year period (1919–1921) of repressive violence by counter-revolutionary soldiers - White Terror (Spain)White Terror (Spain)In Spain, White Terror refers to acts of politically motivated violence committed by the Nationalist movement during the Spanish Civil War and during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...
, atrocities committed by the Nationalist movement during the Spanish Civil War and during Francisco Franco's dictatorship - White Terror (mainland China), the period of political repression in China starting in 1927 by the Republic of China government
- White Terror (Taiwan)White Terror (Taiwan)In Taiwan, the White Terror describes the suppression of political dissidents, as well as public discussion of the 228 Incident in Taiwan under the period of martial law, which lasted from May 19 1949 to July 15 1987, 38 years, and 57 days...
, the period of political repression in Taiwan starting in the 1940s by the Republic of China government