decolonization why after wwii? india clip alignment and satellite wars immigration
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Decolonization
Why after WWII?India clipAlignment and Satellite warsImmigration
Why After WWII?
Increased independence movements – especially from countries who had helped their imperial rulers in WWII (and WWI!)
European countries – especially Britain – found their power severely diminished and could not afford empire.
Case Study: India sets the example for others
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fie7H9EThUQ (1-7)
Gandhi as leader (nonviolence)Partition and the problems of independence
Alignment and Satellite Wars
Alignment: Newly independent nations are swept into the CW as the US and USSR compete to - Help build countries financially/assist in
development - Accepting help also meant, in most cases,
accepting politics and influence.
Satellite Wars
US and USSR aids countries fighting civil wars between socialist/communist and non-socialist forces = “proxy wars”US Goal: Containment of communism
Examples: Vietnam WarKorean War
Immigration to Europe from countries formerly colonized
• Britain’s creation of the “commonwealth”• Europe becomes a more diverse society.