 Musi waMarch 29, 1947, vanhu vokuMadagascar vaida kuzvitonga vakapandukira hurumende yeFrance. Kunyange zvazvo kupandukira kwacho pakupedzisira kwakapararira pamusoro pechikamu chimwe muzvitatu chechitsuwa chacho, vaFrance vakakwanisa kudzorera rugare pashure pokunge vashandi vasvika vachibva kuFrance. Kufa kwevanhu vokuMadagascar kunofungidzirwa kuva pakati pe11 000 ne80 000. Kudzvinyirira kwacho kwaiperekedzwa nokuuraya vanhu, kutambudza, kumanikidza vanhu kuunganazve uye kupisa misha. Mauto eFrance akaedza kurwisana nepfungwa: vanhu vaifungidzirwa vaidonhedzwa vari vapenyu kubva mundege kuitira kuti vatyisidzire vanhu vomumusha munzvimbo dzaiitirwa basa racho. Boka ravatungamiriri vakakonzera kumukira, uko kwakazonzi Kumukira kwa 1947, harina kumbozivikanwa zvakajeka. Kunyange zvazvo vatungamiriri veMDRM vakaramba vachiti havana mhaka, vaFrance vakarambidza bato racho. Matare ehondo eFrance akatonga vatungamiriri vehondo vechimurenga ndokuuraya makumi maviri avo. Mimwe miedzo yakabereka, maererano nomumwe mushumo, mhosva dzinenge 5.000 kusvikira ku 6.000, uye chirango chakatangira pakuiswa mutorongo kwenguva pfupi kusvikira kurufu. 