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Who did Bangladesh get their independence from?
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Who did Uruguay get their independence from?
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Who did the Philippines get their independence from?
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Who did East Timor get their independence from?
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Who did Mongolia get their independence from?
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Who did Eritrea get their independence from?
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Who did Iceland get their independence from?
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Who did Samoa get their independence from?
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Who did Namibia get their independence from?
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Who did Comoros get their independence from?
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Who did Albania get their independence from?
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Who did Finland get their independence from?
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Who did the D.R. Congo get their independence from?
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Who did Singapore get their independence from?
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Who did Venezuela get their independence from?
After the Spanish-American War, the Spanish ceded control of the Philippines, Guam, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, but the Philippines had already declared their independence. From the American perspective, at that point, the Philippines became an American possession with an ongoing insurrection, but from the Filipino perspective they became an independent country under a prolonged foreign occupation.
The mostly-American-controlled Philippines were then invaded by Japan in December of 1941 and fully occupied by the Japanese by 1942... at that point, the archipelago were de facto a part of the Japanese Empire, just like they had previously been a de facto territory of the United States. but...
In 1945, the USA was able to liberate the islands from Japanese control, after which point they decided to grant (from their perspective) or recognize (from the Filipino perspective) Philippines independence. This recognition only came when the islands were liberated from Japanese control, though.
So.... depending on your point of view... all 3 answers could be correct.