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Topic 8: Descolonization and "Third World" - Coggle Diagram
Topic 8: Descolonization and "Third World"
Initial conflicts
Social movements, labor unions and peasant organizations that fought for independence
The anti-colonial national liberation struggles were supported, directly or indirectly, by the USSR.
Internal ethnic and regional conflicts
Third World
The Second World consisted of the Soviet Union and its communist allies.
The Third World grouped the poor countries that mainly occupied the southern part of the globe and concentrated the largest population with the fewest resources.
First World to all capitalist countries
A worldwide trend
Global decolonization gained momentum.
The continent where decolonization had the greatest impact was Africa. In some cases, it was accompanied by social mobilization and armed action.
Form "national liberation movements".
French Colonial Conflicts
They tried to regain those colonies, but triggered a decade-long war that ended with Vietnam's independence.
Several French colonies in the Caribbean and in North, Central and East Africa became independent through negotiated agreements.
The French colonial empire ended and left the country with a few minor dependencies.
End of the British Empire
Caribbean colonies also achieved their independence
Britain maintained a relationship with its former colonies, it promoted the formation of the "British Commonwealth".
Britain won the world war
Non-Allied Countries
In this Allied Movement was born, which was very influential in the second half of the 20th century.
These were developed countries that had adopted socialist regimes
