What happened to the European colonies in Asia and Africa following World War 2?

After World War II most of the European countries in Asia and Africa achieved their independence taking away their previous prestige Dutch, Belgian and French have been vanquished and taken over

Explanation:

no options provided, here,but the answer to this question is often: a historian cites a japanese newspaper article published a year after the end of world war ii in order to draw conclusions about the effect of the war on the japanese economy.

clearly from the answer, the historian alludes to historical sources,and records to aid in analyzing and drawing conclusion on the effect of the war on the economy of japan.