Was anti-imperial sentiment a reason for decolonisation in the post war period?
After end of the Second World War in 1945, the next thirty years were to see rapid disintegration of the European empires and the creation of many new independent states. There are many reasons why decolonisation occurred in this period, including the effects of the War itself, the role of the USA and the issue of economics, as well as anti-imperial sentiment and the struggle for independence from colonial rule. There are 3 main schools of historical thoughts concerning decolonisation. Metropolitan or domestic explanations illuminates how empire was fast becoming too burdensome and served no strategic or economic purpose for the country, was a desire to be rid of colonial links. International International climate The United States and Soviet Union were hostile to the old-style imperialism, also newly independent states such as India also exerted international pressure through the UN to accelerate the process of decolonisation. European powers were obliged to give up colonies. National
