<P> Although France was ultimately a victor of World War II , Nazi Germany 's occupation of France and its North African colonies during the war had disrupted colonial rule . On October 27 , 1946 France adopted a new constitution creating the Fourth Republic , and substituted the French Union for the colonial empire . However power over the colonies remained concentrated in France , and the power of local assemblies outside France was extremely limited . On the night of March 29 , 1947 , a nationalist uprising in Madagascar led the French government headed by Paul Ramadier ( Socialist ) to violent repression : one year of bitter fighting , 11,000 - 40,000 Malagasy died . </P>
what impact did world war ii have on independence movements in africa
Nazi Germany 's occupation of France and its North African colonies during the war had disrupted colonial rule