The twentieth century experienced a wave of worldwide decolonisation as a result of many factors including the world wars.
Decolonisation can be defined as the reclamation of lands and languages as well as the establishment of numerous self-governing bodies to represent indigenous groups, in order to declare independence from colonial powers. Also partially a result of an economic decision made by colonial powers, depending on the calculations of whether maintenance of the empire exceeded their value of the European powers.
Image 1 displays the colonial world dominance in 1939, showing the significantly large proportion of the world’s population living under the sovereignty of a colonial power. At this stage, the European empires reached their largest extent resulting from the fall of the Ottoman and Austrian empires.
The world wars contributed vastly to the weakening in Europe’s ability to control the colonies since pressure mounted upon the new superpowers, especially between The United States of America and Soviet Union during the Cold War. The global decolonisation process initiated in Asia, where European colonies were incorporated into the Japanese empire. This involved the encouragement of nationalist uprisings against the European colonial powers and eventually making the occupied territories such as Burma and Indonesia …show more content…
This is the concept that nations could be an independent state of their own. In addition to Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s contribution to decolonisation, the gradual political reforms of other historical figures also strived for example Ho Chi Minh was the Vietnamese communist leader who promoted the self-determination of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. While other transnational movements sought to unite people of ethnic origins across national boundaries like
Decolonisation can be defined as the reclamation of lands and languages as well as the establishment of numerous self-governing bodies to represent indigenous groups, in order to declare independence from colonial powers. Also partially a result of an economic decision made by colonial powers, depending on the calculations of whether maintenance of the empire exceeded their value of the European powers.
Image 1 displays the colonial world dominance in 1939, showing the significantly large proportion of the world’s population living under the sovereignty of a colonial power. At this stage, the European empires reached their largest extent resulting from the fall of the Ottoman and Austrian empires.
The world wars contributed vastly to the weakening in Europe’s ability to control the colonies since pressure mounted upon the new superpowers, especially between The United States of America and Soviet Union during the Cold War. The global decolonisation process initiated in Asia, where European colonies were incorporated into the Japanese empire. This involved the encouragement of nationalist uprisings against the European colonial powers and eventually making the occupied territories such as Burma and Indonesia …show more content…
This is the concept that nations could be an independent state of their own. In addition to Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s contribution to decolonisation, the gradual political reforms of other historical figures also strived for example Ho Chi Minh was the Vietnamese communist leader who promoted the self-determination of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. While other transnational movements sought to unite people of ethnic origins across national boundaries like