Category: British Empire/Commonwealth

Pages with category: British Empire/Commonwealth

Asia Pacific 1946

Reclaiming China

During the war in China, the...

Australasia 1947

Indonesian War of Independence

Just days after the Japanese...

Southern Asia 1948

Indian conquest of Hyderabad

Following the end of British rule in...

Asia Pacific 1949

Communist Victory in Northern China

In China, the uneasy truce between...

the Arctic 1949

North Atlantic Treaty

World War II left the United States...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1953

Mau Mau Uprising

By the early 1950s the failure of...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1956

Independence of Sudan

In 1953 Egyptian revolutionaries...

Eastern Mediterranean 1956

Rise of Nasser

By 1954 the Egyptian officer Gamal...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1957

Independence of Ghana

Following World War II, the European...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1961

UN Action Against Katanga

A major step towards defusing the...

North America 1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

US–Cuban relations quickly...

North America 1966

Operation Power Pack

Castro's success in Cuba helped...