Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
Refugee crises maps by year
23 historical maps of Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990, one for each turning point: who controlled what, and what changed…
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Refugees in Europe
May 1945
THE REICH SURRENDERS
August 1945
POTSDAM: BORDERS MOVE WEST
April 1947
OPERATION VISTULA; ISTRIA CEDED
July 1947
THE IRO; THE EXODUS TURNED BACK
February 1948
COMMUNISTS TAKE PRAGUE
May 1948
ISRAEL; THE PALESTINIAN EXODUS
October 1949
TWO GERMAN STATES
July 1951
THE REFUGEE CONVENTION
May 1952
THE INNER-GERMAN BORDER SEALED
November 1956
HUNGARIANS FLEE TO AUSTRIA
August 1961
THE BERLIN WALL
November 1990
GERMANY UNITED; BORDER FIXED
Refugees in Southeast Asia
July 1954
GENEVA DIVIDES VIETNAM
April 1975
PHNOM PENH AND SAIGON FALL
December 1975
LAOS TURNS COMMUNIST
Mid-1978
THE HOA EXPELLED; BOATS MULTIPLY
June 1979
BOATS PUSHED BACK TO SEA
July 1979
GENEVA REOPENS THE SHORES
October 1979
THAILAND ADMITS CAMBODIANS
January 1981
THAILAND’S “HUMANE DETERRENCE”
July 1982
HONG KONG CLOSES ITS CAMPS
June 1989
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION
December 1989
HONG KONG’S FIRST FORCED RETURNS
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