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Suez[edit]

The Suez Canal zone was evacuated (i.e. "decolonised" for the purposes of this map) in 1954, hence the invasion in 1956. Invading forces did not occupy the whole zone so I don't think we can pretend it was any sort of annexation of territory. Wiki-Ed (talk) 11:09, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The exact text on the map I based this on has the same "subsection" of Egypt with the text "Egypt (last withdrawal of British troops from Canal Zone 1956)". The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick t 01:50, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Somalia[edit]

Please note that Italian Somaliland was kept by the Italians under a UN Trusteeship until 1960 when it merged with British Somaliland to form Somalia. Somalia should therefore not be pink. Also, Eritrea and Libya were only British for a short time before becoming independent, so are only marginal cases. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.108.171 (talk) 19:40, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

[Forwarded from en:File talk:British Decolonisation in Africa.png by Athaenara (talk) 06:53, 14 September 2009 (UTC)][reply]

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