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Countries of Europe in 1945

33 countries, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, tell its flag from three others, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The countries

  1. 1France2,989,738 km²
  2. 2Denmark2,297,637 km²
  3. 3Portugal1,396,277 km²
  4. 4Spain852,198 km²
  5. 5Kingdom of the Netherlands592,709 km²
  6. 6Sweden443,785 km²
  7. 7Finland391,016 km²
  8. 8Norway378,246 km²
  9. 9Italy308,675 km²
  10. 10Kingdom of Romania295,681 km²
  11. 11Democratic Federal Yugoslavia253,886 km²
  12. 12United Kingdom239,317 km²
  13. 13Kingdom of Romania237,211 km²
  14. 14Greece167,589 km²
  15. 15Tsardom of Bulgaria160,833 km²
  16. 16Czechoslovak Republic128,081 km²
  17. 17Iceland101,117 km²
  18. 18Hungarian Republic92,765 km²
  19. 19Austria84,045 km²
  20. 20Ireland68,720 km²
  21. 21Latvia65,102 km²
  22. 22Estonia47,327 km²
  23. 23Switzerland41,200 km²
  24. 24Belgium30,603 km²
  25. 25Democratic Government of Albania28,810 km²
  26. 26Mark Brandenburg27,162 km²
  27. 27Luxembourg7,024 km²
  28. 28Italian Islands of the Aegean2,189 km²
  29. 29Andorra459 km²
  30. 30Liechtenstein153 km²
  31. 31San Marino66 km²
  32. 32Monaco17 km²
  33. 33Vatican City0 km²

The map as it stood on 1 July 1945 (a year means its 1 July), with the names of the time. Sovereign states as they were then; British dominions count from the Statute of Westminster (1931), Egypt from 1922. Colonies, protectorates and mandates are not countries here: they have quizzes of their own. Area in km², measured on the largest of its outlines (simplified, clipped to land). Sources: OpenHistoricalMap contributors (CC0), Wikidata (CC0).

On the map

Map of Countries of Europe in 1945, 33 countries: each one marked on the globe

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