The Mediterranean in 1942
1942 is the Axis at its greatest extent. This map shows the 22 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1942
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- Nazi Germany
- Republic of Turkey
- Italian Africa
- Francoist Spain
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Kingdom of Italy
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Kingdom of Romania
- Vichy France
- Kingdom of Iraq
- Hungarian Republic
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- Principality of Bulgaria
- British Africa
- Independent State of Croatia
- Estado Novo
- Swiss Confederation
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1917
Nazi Germany · Republic of Turkey · Francoist Spain · Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Kingdom of Egypt · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Kingdom of Romania · Vichy France · Kingdom of Iraq · Hungarian Republic · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Independent State of Croatia · Estado Novo
Gone from the map by 1967
French Africa · Nazi Germany · Italian Africa · Kingdom of Italy · Kingdom of Egypt · Kingdom of Romania · Vichy France · Kingdom of Iraq · Hungarian Republic · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Principality of Bulgaria · British Africa · Independent State of Croatia · Tangier International Zone
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Other regions in 1942
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.