World History › Section Y · The Cold War world › Topic Y.4
Global tensions and decolonization
Between 1945 and 1975, dozens of colonies became independent nations, while the superpowers crushed revolts in their own spheres and competed for influence in the new states. This topic connects the two stories, from Budapest and Santiago to Delhi, Accra, Nairobi and the Congo.
In this topic
- Why the empires ended
- Revolts in the Soviet sphere
- Intervention in Latin America
- War in Asia and the turn to détente
- Independence and partition in South Asia
- Ghana and the year of Africa
- Worked example: rethinking the Mau Mau war
- Algeria and the French empire
- Worked example: the Congo crisis
- Southern Africa: the last struggles
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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