Read this article to learn about the development of European countries during the post war period! For a fuller understanding of the developments in Europe during the post-war period it will be better to deal with each country separately. Portugal, Spain and Greece: The first major feature of post-war Europe till the 1980s was the division of Europe with the [...]
of the South-East Asian Countries! Early in 1948, Burma (now Myanmar) on 4 January and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 4 February, became independent. Malaya, which had been reoccupied by the British troops in 1945 after the defeat of Japan, became independent in 1957. In 1963 she, along with Sabah (formerly north Borneo), Sarawak and Singapore formed the Malaysian Federation. [...]
Read this article to learn about the freedom movements in Southern Africa after the Second World War! Ghana and Guinea: Just after the end of the Second World War, nationalist organizations were formed in almost all countries of southern Africa (sub-Saharan Africa). The imperialist countries had realised that they would not be able to hold on to Africa for long. [...]
