The Road to War, 1931–1941 · THE MAP IN
Map of Europe and Africa in June–December 1941
Barbarossa — the Pact torn up · road to WW2
Europe and Africa in June–December 1941: Barbarossa — the Pact torn up. Since June 1940, 24 territories changed status on this map: including The Soviet Union, Soviet Ukraine, Soviet Byelorussia and 21 more.
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What changes on the map
| The Soviet Union | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Soviet Ukraine | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Soviet Byelorussia | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Georgia | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Armenia | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Azerbaijan | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Soviet Kazakhstan | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Soviet Turkmenistan | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Estonia | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Latvia | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Lithuania | Aggressor clients & partners → Democracies & powers fighting them |
| Hungary | Neutral & unaligned → Aggressor clients & partners |
| Romania | Neutral & unaligned → Aggressor clients & partners |
| Bulgaria | Neutral & unaligned → Aggressor clients & partners |
| Finland | Neutral & unaligned → Aggressor clients & partners |
| Greece | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| Serbia | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| Croatia | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| Slovenia | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| Montenegro | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| North Macedonia | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| Kosovo | Neutral & unaligned → Occupied — held by force |
| Bessarabia (Romanian, mod. Moldova) | Neutral & unaligned → Democracies & powers fighting them |
On the ground
- German-occupied Soviet territory at the December 1941 high-water mark
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