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  2. United Kingdom and the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    Groups such as the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign organised mass demonstrations against the Vietnam War and British support for American military action. [4] Demonstrations were held outside the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square on March 17th and October 27th 1968, drawing thousands of protestors and culminating in violent clashes with the police.

  3. War in Vietnam (1945–1946) - Wikipedia

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    The 1945–1946 War in Vietnam, codenamed Operation Masterdom [3] by the British, and also known as the Southern Resistance War (Vietnamese: Nam Bộ kháng chiến) [4] [5] by the Vietnamese, was a post–World War II armed conflict involving a largely British-Indian and French task force and Japanese troops from the Southern Expeditionary Army Group, versus the Vietnamese communist movement ...

  4. List of countries that have gained independence from the ...

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    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 ...

  5. History of Vietnam (1945–present) - Wikipedia

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    The British commander in Southeast Asia, Lord Louis Mountbatten, sent 20,000 troops of the 20th Indian division to occupy Saigon under General Douglas Gracey who landed in southern Vietnam on 6 September 1945, disarming the Japanese and restoring order. They had to re-arm Japanese prisoners of war known as Gremlin force to keep order until more ...

  6. British colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Compared to other European empires, which experienced wars of independence such as the Algerian War and the Portuguese Colonial War, the British post-war process of decolonization in the Caribbean was relatively peaceful. [136] In an attempt to unite its Caribbean colonies, Britain established the West Indies Federation in 1958.

  7. Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (November 2024) Vietnam War Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War in Asia Clockwise from top left: US Huey helicopters inserting South Vietnamese ARVN troops, 1970 North Vietnamese PAVN ...

  8. United Kingdom–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    The conflict, the fourth such colonial war between France and Britain in North America, resulted in the British acquisition of New France from the French. Under the Treaty of Paris signed in 1763, the French ceded control of French Louisiana east of the Mississippi River to the British, which became known as the Indian Reserve in the Royal ...

  9. United States in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    Malcolm X was a prominent spokesperson for the black community in America but also did not fear speaking out against larger issues such as the Vietnam War. In 1964, Malcolm X gave his infamous speech titled " The Ballot or the Bullet ," where he condemned the war and labeled the United States as hypocrites. [ 83 ]