Hey fellas, I have a 20 page research essay to write on the history

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>>2269294
shame 1940 is the cutoff because I would say that the vietnamese war of independence would be a great topic since it had so many different phases to talk about that were all extremely different from one another.

Did you know that Ho Chi Minh actually petitioned for Vietnamese independence from France at Versailles all the way back in 1919, citing the principle of self determination. He was ignored of course. Then during ww2 the USA actually helped found the lineal ancestor of the Viet Cong as a partisan group to fight the Japanese. Then when the French attempted to reassert control after running away from the Japs the viet partisans turned their guns on them. When the French came back Ho Chi Minh actually asked US president Truman to intervene and get France to back down (see pic) which he quite unfortunately refused, considering France was an important NATO ally. It was only after this refusal of support that the Viets turned to the soviets and chinese for help. After kicking out the french and the americans the chinese invaded vietnam as well, all three were soundly beaten back and Vietnam remained independent. Truly an incredible story.

Rise of Japanese militarism and Sino-Japanese wars perhaps?

>>2269294
Interwar Yugoslavia, how it was formed, and why it failed.
1918-1941
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaeSueY4jz8

The fall of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of modern Turkey

>>2269294

The White Rajahs of Sarawak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rajahs

>>2269294
Collapse of taisho democracy and raise of Japanese militarism.

>>2269294
Russo-Japanese-War

Interesting, a lot of info online and it's kinda unknown in the west.

>>2269294
Chinese revolution maybe?