HIS242H1 Lecture Notes - Kwame Nkrumah, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Viet Minh
Document Summary
From india in 1947 to mozambique gaining independence from portugal in 1975. 1970"s dramatic rapid change like a new map of africa. Gaining of independence, was not granted but fought for an won by a high cost. Fighting for the independence was like fighting in the world wars. The end of european empires: decolonization and the fight for. Ww1 the collapse of the ottoman empire meant colonies in africa fell under. The process of decolonization really took effect after the 2nd world war. Large numbers of men in european colonial territories participated in the war. After the men returned from the war, they returned with the idea that they had earned their determination of playing a role in their destiny. They returned home with the experience of combat. This experience might have helped them in their control of their revolt. In asia/ se asia, the japanese took control of their territories, westerners were replaced by japanese occupiers.
