Sub-Saharan Africa 66 years ago today: Mau Mau Uprising (25 Mar 1953) https://buff.ly/2HEXI7Y By the early 1950s the failure of native attempts to extract political reforms from the white elites in the British colony of Kenya prompted more militant Kenyan nationalists to launch the Mau Mau movement. In a campaign of violence against both settlers and natives, the Mau Mau forced the British to declare a state of emergency but were unable to capture widespread support. #history #welovemaps #map #1950s #1953 #africa #africanhistory #britishempire #britishcommonwealth #frenchempire #kenya #eastafrica #britisheastafrica #march #march25 #maumau #colonialism #subsaharanafrica #maps #colonialafrica #imperialism #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography #kenyan (at Nairobi, Kenya) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bva8oRvAdlB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ike0jv79tds4

Asia Pacific 73 years ago today: Reclaiming China (27 Mar 1946) https://buff.ly/2Orr6Pu During the war in China, the Communists had gradually built up power in the rural areas behind Japanese lines. When the war ended, they vied with the Nationalists to accept Japanese surrenders and gain control of strategic towns, while also infiltrating Soviet-occupied Manchuria. In response, the Nationalists made use of their US allies to airlift troops into important cities in the north. #asiapacific #history #welovemaps #map #1940s #1946 #britishcommonwealth #occupationofjapan #britishempire #chinesecivilwar #chinesecommunists #chinesehistory #coldwar #indochina #dutcheastindies #japaneseempire #japanesehistory #kuomintang #manchuria #march #march27 #northvietnam #sovietunion #ussr #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek (at Beijing, China) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvgHkzpgUH_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1r69rtelxqls8

Asia Pacific 70 years ago today: Communist Victory in Northern China (23 Jan 1949) https://buff.ly/2UgtcUb In China, the uneasy truce between Nationalists and Communists had collapsed in mid-1946. Things started well for the superior Nationalist forces, but their focus on taking cities, and ignoring control of the countryside, left them overextended. By late 1948, the Communists were ready for their own major offensives, isolating and destroying the Nationalist armies in Manchuria, central China and north China. #asiapacific #history #welovemaps #map #1940s #1949 #britishempire #britishcommonwealth #asianhistory #china #chinesecivilwar #chinesecommunists #chinesehistory #coldwar #chineserevolution #manchuria #january #january23 #maozedong #jiangjieshi #chiangkaishek #sovietunion #ussr #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd (at Beijing, China) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs9vhY-gmWS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v718yyz45nx5

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Birth Anniversary..! George VI..! 14 December 1895..! #GeorgeVI was #King of the #UnitedKingdom and the #Dominions of the #BritishCommonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952..! He was the #Last #Emperor of #India and the 1st Head of the #Commonwealth..! https://www.instagram.com/p/BrV3mUVgRsP9QH9xGs-kK8XEAjtjng9F_8-PLQ0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x02kw015rb0