Akuan Atrocities
The Akuan Atrocities was a series mass murders and forced labor programs which resulted in a large scale famine across the Akuan colonies held by Norgsveldet. Numbers are heavily debated between scholars and historians and if the Akuan Atrocities should be considered to be a genocide. It is estimate that 1 in 4 Akuanists across the Norgsveldet empire either died directly due to the actions by the Norgsveltian Armed Forces or indirectly through the famine, exhaustion in the forced labor camps or the coerced suicides through the isolation punishment policies. The harsh response by the Norgsveltian government was due to the Norgsveltian-Akuan belief in absolute pacifism and refusal to take part in the Great War or assist by providing resources for the war effort. Akuanists across the Norgsveltian Empire committed to civil resistance due to the entry of Norgsveldet into the Great War, methods such as boycotting Norgsveltian business that supported the war, draft dodging[1], protest marches, picketing recruitment offices and general strikes among other methods.
Akuan Atrocities | |
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Location | Ymirland, Hvaloaszna, Vakrestrender and Norgsveldet |
Date | 1907-1917 |
Attack type | Mass Murder; Forced Labor; Fabricated Famine; Coerced Suicides |
Deaths |
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Victims | Akuanist Natives Population |
Perpetrator | Norgsveltian Armed Forces |
Motive | Norgsveltian Nationalism; Ultra-Patriotism; Anti-Akuanism |
Inquiry | Secretary Office of the Royal Family |
The Atrocities was primary driven in the beginning through massacres committed by Norgsveltian Armed Forces to disperse the marches and picketing. Later developing into forced labor camps, coerced suicides via isolation punishments and seizing agricultural produce from Akuan granaries in an effort to force Akuanists natives to grow the full yield of crops rather than self sufficient yield for the community. Akuanists during the war, tried to grow only enough food for the community, which included the Norgsveltian settlers of the colony.
The reaction from Norgsveltian Colonial Office to the Akuan protests was primary one of surprise of the Akuanists continued civil resistance efforts. Holding to stereotype of the cowardly Akuanists who would dispersed after handful of harsh measures. The continued resistance led the office and the army to further frustration with dealing with the Akuanists, resulting in harsher and harsher measures on the natives.
Definition and Estimate of Death Toll
Origins of Anti-Akuanism
Colonial Stereotypes of Akuanists
Settlers Attitude towards Akuan Natives
Norgsveltian Colonial Office policy towards Akuan Natives
Great War and the Akuan View
Colonial Office
Early Policy
Coexistence and Exploitation
Attempts of Conversation
Frustration during Pre-Great War
Early Civil Resistance
Punishments
Great War and Colonial Policies
Atrocities
Massacres
Labor Camps
Isolation Cells
Famine
Medical Experiments (Ymirland)
Exiting the Great War and Investigation
Secretary Office of the Royal Family Investigations
Ymirland
Hvaloaszna
Mainland Norgsveldet
Vakrestrender
Final Investigations into the Colonial Office and Army Officers
Osfjord Trials
Sentencing
Aftermath and Legecy
- ↑ It should be noted that Norgsveltian Armed Forces drafting Akuanists would be in a non-direct combat roles, primary in the medical and support staff role.