Question

What happened to the European colonies in Asia and Africa following World War II?

Answer 1

Answer:

After World War ll many European colonies in Asia and Africa came into independence.

Answer 2

After World War II, most of the European colonies in Asia and Africa achieved their independence.

Explanation:

• The Second World War gave the colonial powers a serious blow, taking away their previous prestige. Dutch, Belgian and French have been vanquished and taken over. The UK was also severely depleted.
• The people under colonies were determined to break the link which still held them to Europe, which had been ruined and taken away from its resources.
• The decolonization of Asia and Africa was the progressive development of the movement for independence in Asia and Africa which eventually resulted in foreign powers retreating  and a number of nation states formed in the region. Many events, especially the second world war, were catalysts for this change.