Why did colonial empires fall apart after World War 2?

Answer 1

Well,my friend

Every country in the americas declared independace,then the WWII was a devil to all economies of the Colonial Empires.

England saw its beging of the end when USA declared Indpendance,then others colonies folowed,wich ended in 1914 thier empire

the Netherland Empire,with the defeat in Brasil,trying to take this colony from Portugal,wich ended badly for thier economy,saw its end when it was invaded by the germans.wich Ended in 1948

then France empire,saw its end with the defeat of Waterloo,and the 3 defeats trying to invade portugal,it ended in 1803.

Spain,with the rising British Empire,couldnt stand against its power in North America,the economics where trash and the military outdated,worse than portugal,The Colonial Empire of Spain ended with the loss of african colonys in 1975.

Portugal,and its unblievable that thier colonial empire manage to stand wile other crumbled,even with the brasil independace,manage to keep thier colonys in africa,winning against the Germans in WWI wich tryied to take the colonys of Angola and Moçambique.Portugal Empire still stands as the most long lived of the Colonial Empires dating from 1415 to 2002! O.o

i hope i helped man :D