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Two days after the Japanese surrendered, Sukarno proclaimed Indonesia’s independence and named himself president.
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Civil war is renewed after fighting the Japanese, between Comunist Mao and Nationalist Jiang
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The Dutch, after losing American and British support, agree to let Indonesia to become independant.
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Major cities in China fall to the Red Army.
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Mao has control over the whole country. The remaining troops of Jiang are running south.
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Mao takes the properties of the landlords and kills them off, spreading the land among the peasants.
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N. Korea invades past the 38th parallel in a surprise attack. They manage to penetrate deep into the south in days.
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The UN, without the consent of the USSR, send troops (mostly American) to Korea to help the South. Their campaign is successful at first, pushing the Communists back up to China. But then China joins in, and the border gets pushed down to the 38th parallel again.
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Mao set high standards for the newly nationalized industry at his disposal. And to his benefit, production increased dramatically. Now if only those products were of acceptable quality.
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British officials created the Federation of Malaya from Singapore, Malaya, Sarawak, and Sabah.
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Mao wanted to expand the success of his Five-Year Plan. He made even bigger communal farms, and things went down the drain. Eventually, in 1961, a famine hit, and over 20,000,000 died, ending the Great Leap Forward with them.
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He wanted to make Burma a military state
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Based on a supposed attack, the US joins a war in Vietnam
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Singapore separated from the federation and became an independent city-state.
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A group of junior army officers attempted a coup when Suharto smothered them, and took the power for himself. He killed 500.000+ Indonesians.
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He was elected president of Phillipines. He turned out to be an authoritarian dictator, imposin martial law for extended amounts of time.
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Mao asks the youth of the nation to step forward and revolt against the "Olds" of society. After two years, Mao admits they need to be stopped.
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Nixon starts to withdraw troops from Vietnam. He calls it Vietnamization.
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The Khmer Rouge set up a brutal govt. under their leader, Pol Pot. 2,000,000 people were killed in an attempt by Pol Pot to establish a Communist society.
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The north establishes a strong grip on life in South Vietnam. Industry was nationalized, and reeducation camps were started.
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Vietnam sets up a less brutal govt., but fighting continued.