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Map of the European Colonial Period in across the World in 1492 to 1945 Overseas possessions of a nation-state A colonial empire is a state engaging in colonization , possibly establishing or maintaing colonies , infused with some form of coloniality and colonialism .
World map of colonization at the end of the Second World War in 1945. Although the U.S. had first opposed itself to colonial empires, the Cold War concerns about Soviet influence in the Third World caused it to downplay its advocacy of popular sovereignty and decolonization.
1945: Proclamation of the independence of Vietnam by Ho Chi Minh. 1945: Foundation of the Arab League on March 22 (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen). 1945: Fifty states sign the Charter of the United Nations on June 26. 1945–1950: Chinese Civil War between the nationalist Kuomintang and the Communist Party led by ...
The following list shows the colonial powers following the end of World War II in 1945, their colonial or administrative possessions and the date of decolonisation. Japan: Manchuria , Northern China (1945/1946) Philippines (1945/1946) Burma (1945/1948) North Korea (1945/1948) South Korea (1945/1948) Taiwan (1945/1949) Malaysia
Map of colonial and land-based empires throughout the world in 1914 Imperial powers in 1945. After World War I (1914–1918), the victorious Allies divided up the German colonial empire and much of the Ottoman Empire between themselves as League of Nations mandates, grouping these territories into three classes according to how quickly it was ...
The 18th century saw the newly united Great Britain rise to be the world's dominant colonial power, with France becoming its main rival on the imperial stage. [55] Great Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and the Holy Roman Empire continued the War of the Spanish Succession, which lasted until 1714 and was concluded by the Treaty of Utrecht.
Beijing Legation Quarter (1861–1945) Corn Islands (1914–1971) Canton and Enderbury Islands; Caroline Islands; Cuba (Platt Amendment turned Cuba into a protectorate – until Cuban Revolution) Falkland Islands (1832) Guantánamo Bay; Guam; Gulangyu Island (1903–1945) Haiti (1915–1934) Hawaii; Indian Territory (1834–1907) Isle of Pines ...