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b'Latin America decolonized in the early 19th century.\\xa0Following the end of World War I,\\xa0some limited decolonization took place.\\xa0But as nationalism gathered pace in the 1920s and 1930s mass movements for liberation and independence blossomed.\\xa0In the aftermath of World War II the decolonization of Asia took place.\\xa0Starting in the late 1950s and through the 1960s the decolonization of Africa and the Caribbean took place.\\xa0During the 1970s the decolonization of Oceania took place.\\xa0Later still,\\xa0Zimbabwe,\\xa0Namibia,\\xa0South Africa,\\xa0Timor-Leste and South Sudan achieved their liberation. Today, only a handful of colonies remain.

Part 1 of this Episode examines the origins of decolonization, paying particular attention to the end of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the rise of nationalism across Asia and Africa.'