In August 1940, during the East African Campaign in World War II, the British protectorate was briefly occupied by Italy.

On June 26, 1960, the former British Somaliland protectorate briefly obtained independence as the State of Somaliland, with the Trust Territory of Somalia following suit five days later.

The women of the British protectorate of Cook Islands obtained the same right soon after and beat New Zealand's women to the polls in 1893.

In the Treaty of Georgievsk of 1783, Heraclius finally obtained the guarantees he had sought from Russia, transforming Georgia into a Russian protectorate, as Heraclius formally repudiated all legal ties to Persia and placed his foreign policy under the Russian supervision.

It became a protectorate known as Iraq, and it gained official independence from Britain in 1932, although the British still dominated their politics until 1952.

Nationalist political parties, which subsequently arose under the French protectorate, based their arguments for Moroccan independence on such World War II declarations as the Atlantic Charter ( a joint U. S .- British statement that set forth, among other things, the right of all people to choose the form of government under which they live ).

The abolition of the Spanish protectorate and the recognition of Moroccan independence by Spain were negotiated separately and made final in the Joint Declaration of April 1956.

* 1966 – The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.

The Timorese Democratic Union ( UDT ), was dedicated to preserving East Timor as a protectorate of Portugal and in September announced its support for independence.

After a brief de facto protectorate period beginning in 1885 the island became a full formal French protectorate in 1890, then a colony in 1896, and gained full independence from France in 1960 in the wake of decolonization.

In May 1960, the British Government stated that it would be prepared to grant independence to the then protectorate of British Somaliland, with the intention that the territory would unite with the Italian-administered Trust Territory of Somalia ( the former Italian Somaliland ).

Israel has had diplomatic relations with Cyprus since Israel's independence in 1948, when Cyprus was a British protectorate.

Yaa Asantewaa's dream for an Asante free of British rule was realized on 6 March 1957, when the Asante protectorate gained independence as part of Ghana, the first African nation to achieve this feat.

* while only various military commanders and since 1916 a Secretary for Civil Affairs in Albania ( Ugo Capialbi ) had acted for Rome since Italy invaded on 27 December 1914 ( occupying Valorë and parts of Southern Albania ; on 3 June 1917 Albanian independence under an Italian protectorate was declared by Italy, opposed by most Albanians ; adding in November 1918 the former Austro-Hungarian occupied areas to the Italian zone ) only since in 1919 an Albanian provisional government recognized by Italy as the legal government of the protected zone, consecutive High Commissioners for the Crown were appointed until Italy effectively withdraw its troops on 3 September 1920 ( as agreed on 22 August 1920 when formally recognizing the total independence of Albania ):

The area known as East Turkestan had been a protectorate of China as early as 60 BC, though there are numerous periods of independence from China.

Though King Sisavang Vong thought Laos was too small for independence he had proclaimed the end of the French protectorate status though he favored the French return.

The last British protectorate proper was the Solomon Islands, which gained independence in 1978 ; the last British protected state was Brunei, which gained full independence in 1984.

* Present India: Arkat ( Arcot / Carnatic ) was 1692-1750 a French protectorate until 1763 independence recognized under British protectorate

Panama had been, for all intents and purposes, a U. S. protectorate since gaining independence in 1903.

France subsequently established a full protectorate over Morocco ( March 30, 1912 ), ending what remained of the country's formal independence.

When Spain relinquished its protectorate, and recognized Morocco's independence in 1956, it did not give up these minor territories, since Spain had held them well before the establishment of its protectorate.

The country became a British protectorate in 1915 and achieved full independence in 1922, becoming a kingdom under the rule of Muhammad Ali's dynasty, lasting until 1952.

In the 1920s, Fascist Italy pursued an aggressive foreign policy that included an attack on the Greek island of Corfu, aims to expand Italian territory in the Balkans, plans to wage war against Turkey and Yugoslavia, attempts to bring Yugoslavia into civil war by supporting Croat and Macedonian separatists to legitimize Italian intervention, and making Albania a de facto protectorate of Italy, which was achieved through diplomatic means by 1927.

After annexing the Sudetenland border country of Czechoslovakia ( October 1938 ), and taking over the rest of the Czech lands as a protectorate ( March 1939 ), the German Reich and the Soviet Union invaded Poland on first September 1939 predominantly as part of the Wehrmacht operation codenamed Fall Weiss.

In 1890, the British accepted the full formal imposition of a French protectorate on the island, but French authority was not acknowledged by the government of Madagascar.

A second " Moroccan crisis " provoked by Berlin, increased European Great Power tensions, but the Treaty of Fez ( signed on March 30, 1912 ) made Morocco a protectorate of France.

The Mosquito Coast based on Bluefields on the Atlantic was claimed by the United Kingdom as a protectorate from 1655 to 1850.

The protectorate, called British New Guinea, was annexed outright on 4 September 1888.

The British interest in reducing pirate attacks on British merchants lead to their creating a protectorate over the town of Aden in 1839, and adding the surrounding lands over the following years.

In 1957, he applied for a visa to Kuwait ( at the time a British protectorate ) and was approved, based on his work in civil engineering.

The Fascist regime pursues an aggressive expansionist agenda in Europe such as by raiding the Greek island of Corfu in 1923, pressuring Albania to submit to becoming a de facto Italian protectorate in the mid-1920s, and holding territorial aims on the region of Dalmatia in Yugoslavia.

* Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza signs a treaty of protection with the chief on the large Teke tribe and begins to establish a French protectorate on the north bank of the Congo River.

* Ban Chao ( Pan-Ch ’ ao ), competing with the Xiongnu, imposes a Chinese protectorate on the kings of Lop Nor and Khotan in the Tarim basin, with the aim of controlling the Silk Road.

The German protectorate and World War II left its mark on Czech literature — many of the authors of the interwar generations did not survive or went into exile.

Korea effectively became a protectorate of Japan on 17 November 1905, the 1905 Protectorate Treaty having been promulgated without Emperor Gojong's required seal or commission.

In 1867, Siam ( modern Thailand ) renounced suzerainty over Cambodia and officially recognized the 1863 French protectorate on Cambodia, in exchange for the control of Battambang and Siem Reap provinces which officially became part of Thailand.

Following papal mediation and German compensation of $ 4. 5 million, Spain recognized Germany's claim in 1885, which established a protectorate and set up trading stations on the islands of Jaluit and Ebon to carry out the flourishing copra ( dried coconut meat ) trade.

The French general Alfred Dodds offered the throne to every one of the immediate royal family, in return for a signature on a treaty establishing a French protectorate over the Kingdom ; all refused.

In 1700, a triple alliance of Denmark – Norway, Saxony – Poland – Lithuania and Russia launched a threefold attack on the Swedish protectorate of Swedish Holstein-Gottorp and provinces of Livonia and Ingria, aiming to draw advantage as Sweden was unaligned and ruled by a young and inexperienced king, thus initiating the Great Northern War.

" Though declared a colony in 1920, the formal British colonial presence in Kenya began with a proclamation on 1 July 1895, in which Kenya was claimed as a British protectorate.

* Mauritania had two High commissioners, after having been a protectorate since 12 May 1903 ( under a single military Commandant ), from 18 October 1904 the French civil territory of Mauritania under a Commissioner ( part of French West Africa ( AOF ); under its Governor-general in Dakar, Senegal ), and since 12 January 1920 a French colony under a Lieutenant governor ( many incumbents, again under Dakar ), on 28 November 1958 obtaining autonomy ( as Islamic Republic of Mauritania ):

* Tunisia, known as the Régence ( since 3 June 1955 autonomous ), where France had a Resident-general ( posted with the Basha bey of Tunis, who once the French protectorate was terminated on 20 March 1956 restyled his realm al-Mamlaka at-Tunisiyya ' Tunisian Kingdom '), in stead got a High commissioner from 13 September 1955 to 20 March 1956: Roger Seydoux Fornier de Clausonne ( b. 1908 – d. 1985 ); in continued shortly as independent monarchy, but on 25 July 1957 became the Tunisian Republic.