ASSESS SIX EFFECTS OF THE 1939-1945 CAPITALIST CRISES ONTHE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE IN AFRICA
The crises of 1939-1945 was The Second World War which involved mainly Britain, France, Russia and the United States of America on the one hand and Germany, Italy and Japan on the other. T he second world war was the necessary evil in Africa because it contributed tremendously to the rise of African nationalism by doing the following; Rise of USA After the Second World War the USA emerged as the leading economic and political power. The USA introduced the open door policy through which the USA needed raw materials, markets and areas for investment from overseas hence her support for decolonization became paramount so as to access to these needs in the colonies. The USA put decolonization as the pre-condition for European economic reconstruction which was the ‘’Marshall plan’’ Rise of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic After the second world war, the USSR became the leading socialist power in the world. It declared that it will support morally and materially all national