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| 1945 |
| | | Achmed Sukarno makes a unilateral declaration of Indonesian independence, and leads the subsequent struggle against the Dutch | |
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| 1945 March 3 |
| | | After a four-month siege of the city Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila, from which he was ejected in 1942 by the Japanese | |
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| 1945 March 20 |
| | | William Slim drives the Japanese from Mandalay and moves on south to take Rangoon | |
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| 1945 March 27 |
| | | Aung San's army, now named the Burma National Army, changes sides in a surprise move and attacks the Japanese | |
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| 1945 August 19 |
| | | With the surrender of the Japanese, Vietminh guerrillas seize the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi | |
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| 1945 September 2 |
| | | Ho Chi Minh proclaims the democratic republic of Vietnam, independent of the colonial power, France | |
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| 1946 |
| | | Aung San's party, the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League, wins a landslide victory in the Burmese election | |
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| 1946 |
| | | The Indochina War breaks out in Vietnam between the French colonial forces and the Vietminh | |
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| 1947 |
| | | 33-year old Aung San, prime minister of Burma, and six of his ministers are assassinated during a cabinet meeting | |
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| 1949 |
| | | The Dutch concede independence for Indonesia with Achmed Sukarno as president | |
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