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  1. 1951: 1 event
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  5. 1955: 2 events

  1. · Election

    Gold Coast general elections, 1951-1956

    The CPP, led by Kwame Nkrumah, won successive Gold Coast general elections in 1951, 1954 (the first under full adult suffrage) and 1956, consolidating the political mandate for independence.

    In: Ghana

  2. · Conflict episode

    Mau Mau uprising, 1952-1960

    The Mau Mau, mainly Kikuyu fighters seeking the return of land and self-rule, waged an armed uprising against British colonial rule from 1952 to 1960, met with a declared state of emergency, mass detentions, and a disputed casualty toll far higher than the official figure.

    In: Kenya

  3. · Conflict episode

    Cyprus Emergency (EOKA campaign), 1955-1959

    EOKA, led by Georgios Grivas, waged a campaign of irregular warfare against British rule from 1 April 1955 until a March 1959 ceasefire, causing a toll of roughly 104 British military dead, 51 police dead, and 102-112 EOKA members killed.

    In: Cyprus

  4. · Conflict episode

    Vietnam War and the Fall of Saigon, 1955-1975

    A second, longer conflict between North and South Vietnam, with United States military involvement from the early 1960s, ended with the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

    In: Vietnam