Research And Describe Decolonization Following World War 2

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Decolonization Following World War II
Many European powers consolidated colonies in many parts of the world in order to achieve several economic, political and social goals. Many of these colonies acted as production grounds for raw materials needed by the large number of factories during the industrialization era, while other provided settlement for the growing population in the European states. These colonies used different means of getting their independence which eventually set them free for self-governance. It is important to understand the process of decolonization in these states and how situations affecting western and European powers affected the process.
Decolonization in Context
The term decolonization refers to the diminishing and subsequent extraction of the control of colonial powers in their perceived territories through dissolution of their social, economic, political and cultural dimensions (Klose, 2014). A German economist named Moritz Julius Bonn coined the term in 1932, referring the process as counter-colonization or the process that counter-reverses the formation of empires, imperialism, colonization and colonialism (Klose, 2014; Collins, 2016). Most states that were previously European colonies used diplomacy, revolution, military actions, guerrilla warfare, political campaigns and riots to convince their European powers to give them independence.
During the First and Second World Wars, most of the inhabitants from these colonies participated in the wars and fought alongside their colonial powers. When they saw the massive killing of their white masters by other whites, they questioned the civilization motives of the European powers. They realized that the whites were just as vulnerable as they were, and this motivated them to seek for their own independence when they went back home (Talton, 2011). Another factor that spurred the quest for independence was that many countries in the world that were former colonies were gaining independence, while others were using all means, including military force to force for their independence. Most of these countries exploited the diminishing influence of the European powers to gain independence (Klose, 2014). One example of these countries is Algeria, which started revolutions and military actions against France in a bid to become independent. Their independent was necessitated by the fact that the Second World War left France weakened and extremely unable to quash the high spirited resistance of the Algerian forces.
Decolonization also happened through the disintegration of former empires that controlled large swathes of lands in several territories. The collapse of the Soviet Union gave birth to the establishment of Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Romania while the collapse of the Ottoman Empire gave the British a chance to establish Turkey, Palestine and Jordan among other countries (Collins, 2016). Some colonies previously controlled by Japan, France, Germany and Italy found it easier to gain independence after these countries suffered massive losses in the Second World War. After th...