Kubva mundima idzi, ndipei ndaza yenzvimbo dzokuSoutheast Asia dzakaparadzwa pashure peHondo Yenyika II.
Context:Nemasangano emarudzi akavandudzwa akamirira, vokuEurope vakadzokera kuSoutheast Asia yakasiyana zvikuru pashure peHondo Yenyika II. Indonesia yakazivisa kuzvitonga kwayo musi wa 17 Nyamavhuvhu 1945 uye yakazoita hondo yakashata kurwisa maDutch akadzoka; Philippines yakapihwa rusununguko neUnited States muna 1946; Burma yakawana rusununguko rwavo kubva kuBritain muna 1948, uye maFrance akadzingwa muIndochina muna 1954 mushure mehondo yakashata yakarwiwa (Hondo yeIndochina) kurwisa varudzi veVietnam. Sangano reUnited Nations rakagovera nzvimbo yokuda nyika, kuzvitsanangura pashure pokuwana kuzvitonga, kuvaka nyika uye kuwana kutendeseka kwenharaunda nokuda kwamarudzi akawanda akanga achangobva kuwana kuzvitonga.  Munguva yeHondo Yemashoko, kurwisa kutyisidzira kwechiKomonisiti kwakanga kuri dingindira guru mukuita kuti nyika dzisava pasi pehurumende. Mushure mekudzvinyirira kupandukira kwemakomonisiti panguva yeMalayan Emergency kubva muna 1948 kusvika muna 1960, Britain yakapa kuzvitonga kuMalaya uye gare gare, Singapore, Sabah neSarawak muna 1957 na1963 zvichiteerana mukati mehurongwa hweFederation yeMalaysia. Mune chimwe chezviitiko zvoga zvoga zvine ropa zvikurusa zvechisimba muCold War Southeast Asia, General Suharto akatora simba muIndonesia muna 1965 ndokutanga kuuraya vanhu vanenge 500 000 vaifungidzirwa kuva nhengo dzeCommunist Party of Indonesia (PKI).  Kutevera kuzvimiririra kwenyika dzeIndochina nehondo yeDien Bien Phu, kuedza kweNorth Vietnam kukunda South Vietnam kwakaguma neHondo yeVietnam. Kurwisana kwacho kwakapararira kuLaos neCambodia uye kupindira kwakasimba kweUnited States. Pakupera kwehondo muna 1975, nyika dzose idzi dzakanga dzichitongwa nemapato emakomonisiti. Mushure mekukunda kwechiKomonisiti, hondo mbiri pakati penyika dzechiKomonisiti - Hondo yeCambodian - Vietnamese ya1975 - 1989 uye Hondo yeChina - Vietnamese ya1979 - yakarwiwa mudunhu iri. Kukunda kwevaKhmer Rouge muCambodia kwakaguma nokuurayiwa kwevanhu vakawanda muCambodia.  Muna 1975, kutonga kwePortugal muEast Timor kwakaguma. Zvisinei, rusununguko rwacho rwakatora nguva pfupi sezvo Indonesia yakabatanidza nharaunda yacho nokukurumidza pashure pacho. Zvisinei, pashure pemakore anopfuura 20 okurwisana neIndonesia, East Timor yakawana rusununguko rwayo uye yakazivikanwa neUN muna 2002. Pakupedzisira, Britain yakagumisa kudzivirira kwayo Sultanate yeBrunei muna 1984, kuchiratidzira mugumo wokutonga kweEurope muSoutheast Asia.
Nharaunda dzeSoutheast Asia dzakawana rusununguko ndidzo: Indonesia, Philippines, Burma, Indochina, Malaya, Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak, East Timor, uye Sultanate yeBrunei.