The Great War, 1871–1923 · THE MAP IN
Map of Europe in July 1923
The map of 1923 · after WWI
Europe in July 1923: The map of 1923. Since August 1920, 13 territories changed status on this map: including Ottoman Empire, Georgia (Russian Empire), Armenia (Russian Empire) and 10 more.
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What changes on the map
| Ottoman Empire | Empires in collapse (1918–22) → Neutral or unaligned |
| Georgia (Russian Empire) | Neutral or unaligned → Russia in revolution |
| Armenia (Russian Empire) | Neutral or unaligned → Russia in revolution |
| Poland (partitioned) | Neutral or unaligned → The Entente & Allies |
| Czech lands (Austria-Hungary) | Neutral or unaligned → The Entente & Allies |
| Slovakia (Hungary) | Neutral or unaligned → The Entente & Allies |
| Serbia | Neutral or unaligned → The Entente & Allies |
| Macedonia (Serbia) | Neutral or unaligned → The Entente & Allies |
| Kosovo (Serbia) | Neutral or unaligned → The Entente & Allies |
| Montenegro | Neutral or unaligned → The Entente & Allies |
| Bosnia (Austria-Hungary) | Neutral or unaligned → The Entente & Allies |
| Croatia (Hungary) | Neutral or unaligned → The Entente & Allies |
| Slovenia (Austria-Hungary) | Neutral or unaligned → The Entente & Allies |
On the ground
- the Rhineland under Allied occupation (1919–30) and, from January 1923, the Ruhr under French and Belgian occupation
- the blue western lands belonged to Poland between the wars (the Riga border of 1921; Vilnius from 1920–22), and in the far south-west of Ukraine to Czechoslovakia and Romania
- Subcarpathian Ruthenia, part of Czechoslovakia 1919–39
- the parchment west and north of today’s Poland were German between the wars, and Danzig a Free City under the League of Nations
- East Prussia, German territory between the wars
- the Free City of Danzig, under League of Nations protection
- the Sanjak of Alexandretta (grey-tan) stayed part of French-mandated Syria until 1939
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