Countries Gaining Independence by AraBella Drotar

Libya- 1945

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Libya separated & gained independence from Italy in 1945.

South Korea- 1948

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South Korea gained their independence from Japan with the help of US forces & the Soviet Union.

North Korea

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Gained independence from Japan in 1945, soon developed their own Democratic People's Rebuplic of Korea in 1948.

Indonesia- 1949

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Gained their independence from the Netherlands in 1949.

India- 1947

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Gained independence from Britain in 1947.

Pakistan- 1947

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A partition was created after the decolonization of India from Britain allowing for Pakistan to be its own country from Britain as well.

Ghana- 1957

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The first Sub-Saharan country to gain their independence in Africa from Britain in 1957. soon after, came around 17 other different African countries to do the same.

Jamaica- 1962

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Won their independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. Led to the decolonization of several other Caribbean island countries soon after.

Indochina- 1954

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Won their independence against French forces. (Laos, Vietnam & Cambodia.) Vietnam began setting plans for elections in 1956.

Democratic Republic of the Congo- 1960

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Gained independence from Belgium in 1960.