What happened to the former colonial possessions of europe during wwii

The war had destroyed the economies of almost every European nation with the exception of Spain and Portugal. Due to this,the capacity of retaining colonies of major Colonial powers like France,Britain,Netherlands,Belgium and Italy were comparatively weaker than that of Spain & Portugal who were able to retain their colonies till 1975(Portugal's African colonies got freedom in 1974 due to Carnation Revolution and Spain give independence to Western Sahara in 1976 & Equitorial Guinea in 1968). Spain & Portugal were able to maintain their small empire for long period of time because they do not took any major part in the World war and escaped the terrible destruction faced by other colonial powers.

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“destroyers for bases agreement in the destroyers for bases agreement between the united states and the united kingdom on september 2, 1940, fifty caldwell , wickes, and clemson class us navy destroyers were transferred to the toyalbnavy from the united states navy in exchange for land rights on british possessions.” i hope this you .