The Road to War, 1931–1941 · THE MAP IN
Map of Europe and Africa in June 1940
The West falls · road to WW2
Europe and Africa in June 1940: The West falls. Since September 1939, 9 territories changed status on this map: including Denmark, Norway, Belgium and 6 more.
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What changes on the map
| Denmark | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| Norway | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| Belgium | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| Netherlands | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| Luxembourg | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| France | Democracies & powers fighting them → Occupied — held by force |
| Estonia | Neutral & unaligned → Aggressor clients & partners |
| Latvia | Neutral & unaligned → Aggressor clients & partners |
| Lithuania | Neutral & unaligned → Aggressor clients & partners |
On the ground
- the German-occupied zone: the north, Paris and the Atlantic coast, from June 1940
- the unoccupied “Free Zone” governed from Vichy — a collaborating client, not a conquest
- Bessarabia and northern Bukovina, seized by the USSR from Romania, June 1940
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