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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.
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 ...
This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan. Control over all territories except most of the Japanese mainland ( Hokkaido , Honshu , Kyushu , Shikoku , and some 6,000 small surrounding islands) was renounced by Japan in the ...
Rajchman created 10 maps for her atlas. [1] Rajchman, Marthe (September 1942). "Map of Colonial Possessions". Democracy and World Affairs. III (4). New York: Free World Inc: 318–324. Rajchman, Marthe (1944). Europe, an atlas of human geography. New York: William Morrow and Company. OCLC 399636. [8] Rajchman created 61 maps for this atlas. [1]
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
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 ...