The #HolaMassacre was #ThisDayInHistory in 1959, when a #ConcentrationCamp in British #Kenya beat its detainees with clubs, then lied about it. 11 died; 77 others took severe, often permanent injuries. Britain then held 1.4 million Kenyans in camps to crush the #MauMauRebellion.
The #MauMauRebellion ended 65 years ago #OnThisDay.
The British government sought to hide the brutality of its conduct during the Kenya Emergency. Previously hidden files reveal an unpalatable truth.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1963, just over a week from #Kenya's independence, colonial administrators packed four large crates of documents into a flight to the UK. These contained records of British #WarCrimes like #torture and #ExtrajudicialKillings during the #MauMauRebellion.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1953, Britain began a heavy bombing campaign in #Kenya against the #MauMauRebellion. Across the next year, Lincoln & Vampire aircraft dropped six million bombs. This colonial brutality killed many thousands, showing a morality more like the Nazis than not.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1956, the main force of Kenya's #anticolonial #MauMauRebellion was crushed. UK leaders #WinstonChurchill and #AnthonyEden were ruthless defenders of British colonialism. Thousands of Kenyans were killed in action or executed for demanding their freedom.
Kenya at 61: Steve Hendrix with the "Global Minute"
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