FormationThe 1940s

Formation in the 1940s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 1940s — 5 of them, drawn from 5 nations, running from 1944 to 1949. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
5
Nations
5
Earliest
1944
Latest
1949
Asia
4
Europe
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Europe

    North Macedonia

    Proclamation of a Macedonian state (ASNOM)

    The Anti-Fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia met on St Elijah's Day 1944 and proclaimed a Macedonian state within a future Yugoslav federation.

    Era: Partition, 'Vardar Macedonia' and the Yugoslav Republic

    Sources: North Macedonia: History (Ancient, Ottoman, Yugoslav) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Asia

    North Korea

    Founding of the DPRK

    The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is proclaimed under Kim Il Sung, weeks after the Republic of Korea is established in the south, institutionalizing the division.

    Era: Colonial Rule and Division

    Sources: History of North Korea · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Kim Il-Sung · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Asia

    South Korea

    Republic of Korea proclaimed

    South Korea is established under President Syngman Rhee after a constitution is promulgated and UN-observed elections held; the DPRK is founded in the north weeks later.

    Era: Division, the Korean War, and Authoritarian Rebuilding

    Sources: Syngman Rhee · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Korea (history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. Asia

    China

    People's Republic of China proclaimed

    Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China from the Tiananmen gate in Beijing on 1 October 1949, with Zhou Enlai as premier, after Communist victory in the civil war.

    Era: The People's Republic: Revolution, Upheaval, and Reform

    Sources: China · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Mao Zedong Proclaims a Communist People's Republic in China · EBSCO Research Starters

  5. Asia

    Taiwan

    ROC government relocates to Taiwan

    Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China central government relocates to Taipei after defeat in the civil war, founding the present self-governing polity on the island; this was not a declaration of independence.

    Era: Handover, the February 28 Incident, and the ROC Relocation

    Sources: The Chinese Revolution of 1949 · U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Chiang Kai-shek · Encyclopaedia Britannica