Decolonization
HIS 187
HIS 187
War aims and ending empires
Colonial commitments
Ending the Raj
Allied mobilization → decolonization
War and the inadequacy of empires
Ending the world that was
Brazzaville conference, 1944
Broke Britain
Accelerated departure: India
Accelerated departure: Palestine
Decolonization: Africa
Decolonization: Asia
Decolonization: Middle East
US decolonization: Philippines
Continued presence
Bases retained
US–Philippines agreement, 1947
Still a Pacific power
Air routes
Annexations
