Posted on February 9th, 2021
Senaka Weeraratna
Britain was colonizing, enslaving Asian people before WW2.
The British Empire ruled South Asia for 180 years. Though Japan lost WW2,
however it was the consequence of Japan’s entry to war in December 1941 with
its attack on Pearl Harbour that all S E Asian countries and South Asian
countries achieved their long hoped for independence from the Western
colonial powers within 15 years after the end of the War.
As the famous British historian
Arnold Toynbee said:
Japan
put an end to West’s colonialism in Asia once and for all”
On
November 14, 2018, a meeting was held