Dated events from published cases, in chronological order. Dates keep their real precision; a period filter includes any event whose date range overlaps it.
7 events.
· Conflict episode
Japan occupied the Philippines from 1942 to 1945, during which the Commonwealth government operated in exile; the occupation and subsequent US-led liberation campaign are estimated to have caused over 1 million Filipino deaths, with the near-total destruction of Manila.
In: Philippines
· Declaration
A Soviet-backed breakaway state in northern Xinjiang existed for two years before its dissolution.
· Other
Qazi Muhammad founded the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan in Mahabad, which became the base of the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad the following year.
· Conflict episode
Following the Netherlands' refusal to recognise the 1945 proclamation, an armed and diplomatic struggle included the Linggadjati Agreement (1946), two Dutch "police action" offensives, and the Renville Agreement (1948); casualty estimates for the conflict vary widely and are not resolved to a single figure.
In: Indonesia
· Declaration
Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaimed Indonesian independence in Jakarta on 17 August 1945, two days after Japan's surrender in the Second World War, though the Netherlands did not recognise this and a four-year armed and diplomatic struggle followed.
In: Indonesia
· Declaration
Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam at Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi, on 2 September 1945, opening with words echoing the American Declaration of Independence.
In: Vietnam
· Declaration
A Soviet-backed autonomous government controlled Iranian Azerbaijan for just over a year before Iranian forces reasserted central control.