Editing 1940s (section)

===Decolonization and independence===
[[File:Bundesarchiv N 1576 Bild-003, Warschau, Bettelnde Kinder.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Warsaw Ghetto]] (1940–1943), photographed using [[Agfacolor]] process.]]
[[File:Declaration of State of Israel 1948.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[David Ben-Gurion]] proclaiming Israeli independence from the United Kingdom on May 14, 1948.]]
* [[1944]] – [[Iceland]] declares independence from [[Denmark]].
* [[1945]] – [[Indonesia]] declares independence from the Netherlands (effective in 1949 after a [[Indonesian National Revolution|bitter armed and diplomatic struggle]]).
* [[1945]] - [[Korea]] is liberated after [[Japan]] surrenders.
* [[1946]] – The [[French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon]] dissolves to the independent states of [[Syria]] and [[Lebanon]]. The French settlers are forced to evacuate the French colony in Syria. The [[Philippines]] declares independence from the US.
* [[1947]] – The [[Partition of India|Partition]] of the [[Presidencies and provinces of British India]] into a secular [[Dominion of India|Union of India]] and a predominantly Muslim [[Dominion of Pakistan]] leads to the deaths of millions.
* [[1948]] – [[British rule in Burma]] ends. The [[Israel|State of Israel]] is [[Israeli Declaration of Independence|established]].
* [[1949]] – The [[People's Republic of China]] is officially proclaimed.
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