Preface
There are some countries in the world that after being together for a long time, there will be some internal contradictions, and when there is some external pressure, these countries will go their separate ways.
And in modern times, there are several countries that have also separated for one reason or another, so which countries were once one country and later separated?
India-Pakistan partition system
Many people say that India is a loose country because it is a country with hundreds of ethnic groups, all of which have their own cultures and languages.
It is precisely because of this that there are more than 20 official languages in India, so there may still be a language barrier for the same Indians.
The terrain of India is also relatively complex, which has caused the problem of uneven political and cultural and economic development in India.
Once no one has conquered the place, the place will fall into a state of civil strife again, and when the Age of Discovery arrives, several countries will begin to take turns on the world stage.
They were in desperate need of wealth, so they began to establish colonies around the world, and Britain was at a time when it was strong, so Britain set its sights on India.
India in the Deccan Plateau
But India is indeed a bit big, so it is really difficult for the British to swallow it at one time, but under a little bit of cannibalization, Britain also fought with France at that time.
Then the British seized control of two-thirds of the Indian continent, but although India at this time seemed to be a whole, there were indeed very big problems in this.
With the end of World War II, various countries wanted to fight for independence, and India, as a British colony, naturally also wanted independence, and the religious conflict in India at that time was relatively serious.
But the biggest problem they faced at that time was that they wanted to gain independence, so they put it on hold for the time being in the face of problems within the nation.
However, when the British decided to allow India to be self-governing, the ethnic and religious contradictions between them began to emerge, and the Hindu Congress Party and the Muslim League of Muslims competed.
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Both sides felt that they should have more power, so the British side later suggested that India be governed separately, so in 1947, India and Pakistan were separated.
However, after the separation of India and Pakistan, there were also internal problems in Pakistan, and in 1972, Pakistan was also divided into two countries, becoming Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The Kingdom of Congo is divided
When it comes to the Congo, we may think that it is one country, but in fact, the Congo is actually two countries, and these two countries are the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
They were all in the territory of the Kingdom of Congo before, but with the rise of Western countries, many places in the world were forced to become colonies, and the Kingdom of Congo was naturally not spared.
The Kingdom of the Congo was colonized not by one country, but by three countries, Belgium, France and Portugal, and the current DRC was colonized by Belgium.
Congo was colonized by the French, and after colonizing these places, these colonists began to plunder resources in a frenzy, and the local people were also oppressed.
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Because it was colonized by two different countries, there were very big differences between the two countries in various aspects, and under such differences, the two countries became two places.
Later, in the wave of independence, they also gained independence, but at that time, they were two completely different countries.
Later, the international situation brought the already divided country to the opposite side......
North Korea is divided
Although Korea has been reunified several times in its history, it has also been divided, and in modern times, Japan has taken a fancy to such a place.
Because the Korean Peninsula is close to Japan and is next to our country, if Japan wants to expand its power, it will be more convenient to occupy this part of the Korean Peninsula and enter China.
So Japan began to invade Korea, and the Koreans naturally tried their best to resist at that time, but they did not fight Japan, so they had no choice but to bring in Russian forces.
Russia and Japan also fought because of this, and Japan won the war, and then Japan began to invade China through Korea as a springboard.
Later, the defeat of the fascist forces was irretrievable, and Japan officially announced its surrender, but at this time the question arises, that is, should the Japanese army on the Korean Peninsula surrender to the Soviet Union or the United States?
Later, after discussions between the United States and the Soviet Union, it was decided to divide Korea into two with the 38th parallel as the dividing line, and the leader of North Korea was Kim Il Sung, who was supported by the Soviet Union.
Kim Il Sung
In the case of South Korea, which is now South Korea, the first president was Syngman Rhee, who was supported by the United States, and although the forces of the two sides were divided in this way, both sides wanted to unify the other.
Syngman Rhee
When the Korean War broke out, the leader of North Korea was a soldier who had participated in the war, and the leader of South Korea at that time was a scholar.
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Seeing that North Korea was advancing all the way and almost reunified North Korea, the United States could not sit still, and they began to send troops to help South Korea, and with the help of the United States, South Korea began a rapid counteroffensive on the battlefield.
During this period, our country had warned the United States not to burn the flames of war into our country's territory, but the United States was arrogant at that time, and they felt that China had just experienced the war and should not want to be involved in the war again.
However, at that time, the United States was wrong, and as long as it was related to the sovereignty of our country, our country would not give in at all, so our country began to send troops to help North Korea.
With the assistance of our country, the dividing line between North Korea and South Korea was reached the 38th parallel, and later the Korean armistice agreement was signed by three countries, North Korea, China and the United States.
To this day, the situation on the Korean Peninsula is still the same, and the withdrawal of the US military from South Korea that the US military promised at the beginning has not been realized at all.
epilogue
Looking back at the reasons for the division of these countries, in fact, we can always see the figure of some powerful countries, as well as some internal reasons, so it is not easy to run a country well.
In fact, there are more than a few countries in the world that have been divided in modern times, and do you know which countries were once a country in modern times and later split?
Resources:
[1] Analysis of the "divide and rule" policy measures of the United Kingdom in India, K351.43
[2] Two countries named after "Congo" D74
[3] Why South Korea has become North Korea's "number one enemy" n.cnki.nxhmr.2024.000525