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Following the defeat of Japan
junshan02 发表于 2012/7/19 10:47:00 |
The , where an Arab majority lived alongside a Jewish minority, presented the British with a similar problem to that of India. The matter was complicated by large numbers of seeking to be admitted to Palestine following the Moncler Jackets, while Arabs were opposed to the creation of a Jewish state. Frustrated by the intractability of the problem, attacks by Jewish paramilitary organisations and the increasing cost of maintaining its military presence, Britain announced in 1947 that it would withdraw in 1948 and leave the matter to to solve. The voted for a into a Jewish and an Arab state.
Following the defeat of Japan in the Second World War, anti-Japanese in Malaya turned their attention towards the British, who had moved to quickly retake control of the colony, valuing it as a source of rubber and tin. The fact that the guerrillas were primarily Malayan-Chinese Communists meant that the British attempt to quell the uprising was supported by the Muslim Malay majority, on the understanding that once the insurgency had been quelled, independence would be granted. The , as it was known, began in 1948 and lasted until 1960, but by 1957, Britain felt confident enough to grant independence to the within the Commonwealth. In 1963, the 11 states of the federation together with , and joined to form , but in 1965 Chinese-dominated was expelled from the union following tensions between the Malay and Chinese populations. , which had been a British protectorate since 1888, declined to join the union and maintained its status until independence in 1984. |
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