The end of the Second World War created an environment in which the process of decolonisation gained speed.
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The Second World War dealt a serious blow to the colonial powers, depriving them of their former prestige.
The process of decolonisation accelerated in a short time because of the conflicts among European coloniser countries and the anti-colonial movements in the colonies.
The European countries could not have reasoned out colonisation and the exploitation of colonies from an intellectual platform.
The Asian and African continents were filled with a heightened spirit of independence movements.
The awareness about these movements spread rapidly. Many countries in both continents obtained their freedom.
In ten years following the end of the Second World War, with successive waves of decolonisation in Asia and Africa, the Third World took its place as a new player in the international arena.