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O-Level Paper 2: Decolonisation

Dutch Indonesia, 1945-1949 (option, either/or with Vietnam)

What the syllabus expects

• The developments leading toward decolonisation in Indonesia
  Scope: The war's impact including the formation of a local government; Dutch attempts to restore their rule and local reactions (Indonesian resistance and efforts at negotiation and peaceful settlement); and a communist revolt and its effects, with the Republican government's response backed by US support to suppress communism
• Indonesia's attainment of independence in 1949

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Paper 1: Southeast Asia before 1870 (background context, not assessed) · Paper 1: Extension of European control in Southeast Asia · Paper 1: How Europeans widened their grip · Paper 1: How Europeans widened their grip · Paper 1: The years following the First World War · Paper 1: Rise of Authoritarian Regimes · all of O-Level History