Europe in 1940
This map shows the 26 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1940
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Nazi Germany
- Republic of Turkey
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Republic of Finland
- Kingdom of Norway
- Francoist Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- French Africa
- Kingdom of Italy
- Vichy France
- Kingdom of Romania
- Yugoslavia
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- Hungarian Republic
- First Hellenic Republic
- Kingdom of Iraq
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Estado Novo
- Éire
- Greenland
- Swiss Confederation
- Pahlavi Dynasty
- Denmark-Norway
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1915
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Nazi Germany · Republic of Turkey · Republic of Finland · Francoist Spain · Vichy France · Kingdom of Romania · Yugoslavia · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Hungarian Republic · Kingdom of Iraq · Estado Novo · Éire · Greenland · Pahlavi Dynasty
Gone from the map by 1965
Nazi Germany · French Africa · Kingdom of Italy · Vichy France · Kingdom of Romania · Yugoslavia · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Hungarian Republic · First Hellenic Republic · Kingdom of Iraq · Principality of Bulgaria · Greenland · Denmark-Norway · Tangier International Zone
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The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.