Territorial changes of World War II

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Territorial changes of World War II comprise the extensive redrawing of national borders and transfer of territories in Europe, Asia, and beyond as a result of wartime conquests, occupations, annexations, and postwar peace settlements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geopolitical process ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
endTime 1951 ⓘ
hasCause Allied military victories ⓘ
Axis military expansion ⓘ
postwar peace settlements ⓘ
hasConsequence changes in sovereignty over colonies and mandates ⓘ
emergence of new borders in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ
foundation for Cold War division of Europe ⓘ
large-scale population transfers in Europe ⓘ
hasMainRegion Europe ⓘ
hasRegion Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Pacific ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Ocean
includesEvent Bulgarian territorial gains in Thrace and Macedonia ⓘ
German annexation of Austria ⓘ
German annexation of the Sudetenland ⓘ
German invasion of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of Poland

German occupation of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
German occupation of France ⓘ
German occupation of Greece ⓘ
German occupation of Norway ⓘ
German occupation of Yugoslavia ⓘ
German occupation of the Low Countries ⓘ
Hungarian annexations in Slovakia and Transylvania ⓘ
Italian annexations in the Balkans ⓘ
Italian loss of colonies in Africa ⓘ
Italian occupation of parts of France ⓘ
Italian occupation of parts of Greece ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Manchuria ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Pacific islands ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia ⓘ
Japanese occupation of large parts of China ⓘ
Paris Peace Treaties of 1947 territorial clauses ⓘ
Poland's westward shift of borders ⓘ
Second Vienna Award ⓘ
Soviet annexation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina ⓘ
Soviet annexation of southern Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands ⓘ
Soviet annexation of the Baltic states ⓘ
Soviet invasion of eastern Poland ⓘ
Soviet westward shift of borders after 1945 ⓘ
Treaty of San Francisco territorial clauses ⓘ
Winter War territorial changes between Finland and the Soviet Union ⓘ
linked to: Winter War

creation of the United Nations Trust Territories in former League of Nations mandates and ex-Italian colonies ⓘ
dismantling of the Japanese colonial empire ⓘ
division of Germany into occupation zones ⓘ
division of Korea along the 38th parallel ⓘ
expulsion of Germans from Eastern Europe ⓘ
return of Alsace-Lorraine to France ⓘ
transfer of South Tyrol issues to postwar settlement ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ
startTime 1937 ⓘ

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Second Vienna Award → category → Territorial changes of World War II ⓘ
Kresy → event → World War II border changes ⓘ
linked to: Territorial changes of World War II
Grünfier → historicalEventContext → World War II territorial changes ⓘ
linked to: Territorial changes of World War II
Belarus–Poland → hasHistoricalEvent → World War II border changes ⓘ
linked to: Territorial changes of World War II
Reckenwalde → associatedEvent → World War II territorial changes ⓘ
linked to: Territorial changes of World War II
Rosenberg in Westpreußen → associatedWithEvent → World War II territorial changes ⓘ
linked to: Territorial changes of World War II