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  Pacification may refer to:

Mass killing of civilians and the suppression of resistance
  • Pacification operations in German-occupied Poland
    Pacification operations in German-occupied Poland

    The pacification operations in German-occupied Poland were the unlawful use of military force and punitive measures conducted during World War II by the Germany state with the goal of suppressing any Poland resistance....
    , the use of German military force to suppress Polish resistance during World War II
  • Massacres of Poles in Volhynia
    Massacres of Poles in Volhynia

    The Massacre of Poles in Volhynia was a massive ethnic cleansing operation in Nazi Germany Volhynia and Eastern Galicia that took part during the World War II, between late 1942 and early 1945....
    , mass murder of Poles from Kresy
    Kresy

    The term Kresy, meaning "Outskirts" or "Borderlands", was first used to define the Poland eastern frontier. The term referred to the eastern frontiers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
     by the Ukrainian OUN-UPA
    UPA

    UPA may refer to:* Uganda People's Army, a rebel group active from 1987-1992* Ukrainian Insurgent Army , a Ukrainian nationalist partisan organization during and after World War II...
     nationalists during World War II
  • Pacification of Wujek
    Pacification of Wujek

    The Pacification of Wujek was a strike-breaking action by the communism forces at the Wujek Coal Mine in Katowice, Poland, culminating in the wiktionary:massacre of striking miners on December 16, 1981....
    , a strike-breaking action by the communist forces against miners in Katowice, Poland, on December 16, 1981
  • Pacification of Manchukuo
    Pacification of Manchukuo

    The Pacification of Manchukuo, was a campaign to pacification the resistance to the newly established puppet state of Manchukuo between the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies of Manchuria and later the Chinese Communist Party Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army and the Imperial Japanese Army and the forces of Manchukuo during the Second Sino-J...
    , a campaign during the Second Sino-Japanese War which took place from March 1932 until 1941


Making peace (even if used as a euphemism)
  • Pacification of Berwick, signed on June 18, 1639 between England and Scotland
  • Pacification Sejm
    Pacification Sejm

    The Pacification Sejm was a session of the Sejm in 1736 that concluded the civil war in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that erupted after the death of Augustus II the Strong....
    , a session of the Sejm in 1736 concluding the civil war in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Cuban Pacification (1906 - 1909), the United States occupation of Cuba following the Spanish-American War; see Army of Cuban Pacification Medal
    Army of Cuban Pacification Medal

    The Army of Cuban Pacification Medal is a Awards and decorations of the United States military of the United States Army which was created by orders of the United States War Department on May 11 1909....
  • Pacification of the Araucanía (1861–1883), the Chilean term for the actions which led to the incorporation of Araucanía into Chile
  • Pacification of Ghent
    Pacification of Ghent

    The Pacification of Ghent, signed on November 8,1576, was an alliance of the provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands for the purpose of driving mutinying Spanish Empire mercenary troops from the country, and at the same time a peace treaty with the rebelling provinces Holland and Zeeland....
    , an alliance of several provinces of the Netherlands signed on November 8, 1576
  • Pacification of 1918
    Pacification of 1918

    The Pacification of 1918 is an event in Politics of the Netherlands. In 1918 the constitution of the Netherlands was changed by the extra-parliamentary cabinet led by Pieter Cort van der Linden in order to resolve the antithesis between religious and secular parties....
    , between religious and secular sects in the Netherlands
  • Pacification of Castile, the re-establishment of Catholic Monarchs
    Catholic Monarchs

    The Catholic Monarchs is the collective title used in history for Isabella I of Castile of Crown of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon of Crown of Aragon....
    ' rule in 15th Century Spain


Other
  • Violent Pacification
    Violent Pacification

    Violent Pacification is an EP by the United States crossover thrash band Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, which was released in 1984....
    , an album by Dirty Rotten Imbeciles


See also

  • Appeasment
  • Peace Treaty
    Peace treaty

    A peace treaty is an agreement between two hostile parties, usually countries or governments, that formally ends an armed conflict. It is different from an armistice, which is an agreement to cease hostilities, or a surrender , in which an army agrees to give up arms....
  • Peace
    Peace

    Peace is a term that most commonly refers to an absence of aggression, violence or hostility, but which also represents a larger concept wherein there are healthy or newly-healed interpersonal relationship or international relations, safety in matters of social or economic welfare, the acknowledgment of equality and fairness in political re...
  • Pacifier
    Pacifier

    A pacifier is a rubber, plastic, or silicone nipple given to an infant or other young child to suck upon. In its standard appearance it has a teat, mouth shield, and handle....
  • Pogrom
    Pogrom

    A pogrom is a form of riot directed against a particular group, whether ethnic, religious, or other, and characterized by the killing and destruction of their homes, businesses, and religious centers....