what were the effects of world war 2 on the caribbean?

Question

how did the war affect the caribbean socially and economically? do you know of any lliterature about the caribbean and world war 2?

Answer 1

Socially many men left to serve in the armed forces of Britain and in the merchant navy
Exports of sugar and bananas suffered due to the U-boat war.
Part of the Virgin Islands was ceded by Britain to the USA to pay for some old destroyers.