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1919–1922 — The Treaty of Versailles divides Germany's African colonies into mandates of the victors (which largely become new colonies of the victors). Most of Cameroon becomes a French mandate with a small portion taken by the British and some territory incorporated into France's previously existing colonies; Togo is mostly taken by the British, though the French gain a slim portion ...
The mandate system was established by Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, drafted by the victors of World War I. The article referred to territories which after the war were no longer ruled by their previous sovereign, but their peoples were not considered "able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world".
After the Turkish resistance gained control over Anatolia, there was no hope of meeting the conditions of the Treaty of Sèvres. Before joining the Soviet Union , the Democratic Republic of Armenia signed the Treaty of Alexandropol , on 3 December 1920, agreeing to the current border between the two countries, though the Armenian government had ...
Demonstration against the Treaty in front of the Reichstag building. After the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919, between Germany on the one side and France, Italy, Britain and other minor allied powers on the other, officially ended war between those countries.
Below are lists of the countries and territories that were formerly ruled or administered by the United Kingdom or part of the British Empire (including military occupations that did not retain the pre-war central government), with their independence days. Some countries did not gain their independence on a single date, therefore the latest day ...
Territory Purchased by Purchased from Cost Year Area Cost/Area Agreement (article) Isle of Man, Hebrides, Kintyre and islands of the Firth of Clyde [1] [2] Scotland: Norway: 4,000 marks sterling, 100 mark annuity 1266 ~8,000 km² ~0.5 marks sterling/km² Treaty of Perth: Dunkirk and Fort-Mardyck [3] France England: 5,000,000 livres: 1662 ~44 km²
According to political theorist Kevin Duong, decolonization "may have been the century's greatest act of disenfranchisement", as numerous anti-colonial activists primarily pursued universal suffrage within empires rather than independence: "As dependent territories became nation-states, they lost their voice in metropolitan assemblies whose ...
Occupied after the end of World War II until the Treaty of San Francisco [8] Japan (Ryukyu Island) 1950–1972 Military occupation Occupied after the end of World War II until the Okinawa Reversion Agreement [9] South Korea: 1945–1948 Provisional military government Occupied in response to the Soviet Civil Administration [10] Marshall Islands