List of sovereign states in the 1940s

Last updated

This is a list of sovereign states in the 1940s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1940 and 31 December 1949. It contains 106 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty. It includes 99 widely recognized sovereign states, six entities[ which? ] which were de facto sovereign but which were not widely recognized by other states.

Contents

Academic datasets differ in terms of the number of states in the 1940s. [1] At the start of the 1940s, the lowest estimate of the number of states is in the mid-50s whereas the highest is in the low-70s. [1] At the end of the 1940s, the lowest estimate is in the mid-70s while the highest is in the mid-80s. [1]

Sovereign states

Name and capital cityInformation on status and recognition of sovereignty

A

Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg Afghanistan – Kingdom of Afghanistan
Capital: Kabul 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state (to 20 April 1946). UN member state (from 19 November 1946).
Flag of Albania 1944.svg → Flag of Albania (1946-1992).svg Albania(from 20 October 1944)
Capital: Tirana 		Widely recognized independent state under Italian occupation to 8 September 1943 and German occupation from 8 September 1943 to 29 November 1944.
Flag of Andorra (1939-1949).svg → Flag of Andorra (1949-1959).svg Andorra – Principality of Andorra
Capital: Andorra la Vella 		Widely recognized independent state. The President of France and Bishop of Urgell were ex officio Co-Princes of Andorra. The defense of Andorra was the responsibility of France and Spain.
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina – Argentine Republic
Capital: Buenos Aires 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 27 December 1945. Argentina was a federation of 23 provinces and 10 federal territories. [a] It had a claim over Argentine Antarctica (from 1942). It also claimed the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, both of which were British overseas territories.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia – Commonwealth of Australia
Capital: Canberra 		Widely recognized independent state. Dominion of the British Empire to 9 October 1942. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 1 November 1945. Commonwealth realm. Australia was a federation of six states and three territories. [b] It had sovereignty over the following external territories:

Australia administered one League of Nations mandate/United Nations trust territory:

Australia administered two United Nations Trust Territories:

B

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium – Kingdom of Belgium (to 17 May 1940, from 3 September 1944)
Capital: Brussels 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. Had a government in exile and an occupation by Germany from October 1940 to September 1944. UN member state from 27 December 1945. Belgium had sovereignty over one colony:

Belgium administered one League of Nations mandate / United Nations trust territory:

  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ruanda-Urundi (LON mandate became UN trust territory from December 13, 1946)
Flag of Bhutan (1949-1956).svg  Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan (from 8 August 1949)
Capital: Punakha 		Widely recognized independent state. Bhutan was officially guided by India in its foreign affairs.
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia – Republic of Bolivia
Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 14 November 1945.
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Capital: Rio de Janeiro 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 October 1945. Brazil was a federation of 20 states, five territories, and one federal district. [c]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg → Flag of the Bulgarian Homeland Front.svg → Flag of Bulgaria (1946-1948).svg → Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg Bulgaria
Capital: Sofia 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946.
Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg Burma – Union of Burma (from 4 January 1948)
Capital: Rangoon 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 19 April 1948.

C

Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada – Dominion of Canada
Capital: Ottawa 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 9 November 1945. Commonwealth realm. Canada was a federation of ten provinces and two territories. [d]
Flag of Ceylon (1948-1951).svg  Ceylon – Dominion of Ceylon (from 4 February 1948)
Capital: Colombo 		Widely recognized independent state. Commonwealth realm.
Flag of Chile.svg Chile – Republic of Chile
Capital: Santiago 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 October 1945.
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China, People's Republic of (from 1 October 1949)
Capital: Beijing 		Partially recognized de facto independent state. The Republic of China claimed to be the sole legitimate government of China (from 1 October 1949), but only administered the mainland. It also claimed the Paracel Islands (disputed by the Republic of China and South Vietnam), the Spratly Islands (disputed by the Republic of China, South Vietnam, and the Philippines), and South Tibet (controlled by India's North-East Frontier Agency).
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  China, Republic of
Capital: Nanking (to 2 September 1945), Chunking (from 2 September 1945 to 7 December 1949), Taipei (from 7 Dec 1949)		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. The Republic of China claimed to be the sole legitimate government of China (from 1 October 1949), but only administered Taiwan, Hainan, Kinmen, the Matsu Islands, Pratas Island, Itu Aba, and portions of Yunnan Province. The Republic of China had territorial claims over Mongolia; the Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; the Sixty-Four Villages East of the River (administered by the Soviet Union); The majority of Gorno-Badakhshan (administered by the Soviet Union); The eastern tip of the Wakhan Corridor (administered by Afghanistan); part of the disputed Kashmir region; eastern Bhutan; South Tibet (controlled by India's North-East Frontier Agency); and Kachin State (administered by Burma).
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia – Republic of Colombia
Capital: Bogotá 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 5 November 1945. Colombia claimed Quita Sueño Bank, Roncador Bank, and Serrana Bank (disputed by the United States); Bajo Nuevo Bank (disputed by Jamaica, Nicaragua and the United States); and Serranilla Bank (disputed by Nicaragua and the United States)
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Capital: San José 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 2 November 1945.
Flag of Cuba (sky blue).svg  Cuba – Republic of Cuba
Capital: Havana 		Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 20 April 1946 and UN member state from 2 November 1945. The Cuban area of Guantánamo Bay was under the total control of the United States.
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia (from April 3, 1945)
Capital: Prague 		Widely recognized independent state under German occupation to 8 May 1945, also had a government in exile to 5 April 1945. UN member state from 24 October 1945. [e]

D

Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark (to 9 April 1940, from 5 May 1945)
Capital: Copenhagen 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1940. UN member state from 24 October 1945.
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic – Third Dominican Republic
Capital: Santo Domingo 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 9 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945.

E

Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg Ecuador
Capital: Quito 		Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 9 April 1946 and UN member state from 21 December 1945, The country was under Peruvian occupation from July 23, 1941 to February 12, 1942.
Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Egypt – Kingdom of Egypt
Capital: Cairo 		Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 9 April 1946 and UN member state from 24 October 1945.
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador
Capital: San Salvador 		Widely recognized independent state; UN member state from 24 October 1945.
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia – Republic of Estonia (to June 17, 1940)
Capital: Tallinn 		Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to June 17, 1940. Conquered by a Soviet offensive but maintained a government in exile.
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire (from 5 May, 1941)
Capital: Addis Ababa 		Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to 24 October 1945; UN member state from 24 October 1945.

F

Flag of Finland.svg  Finland – Republic of Finland
Capital: Helsinki 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 9 April 1946.
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Capital: Paris (de jure), Vichy (de facto from 22 June 1940 to 20 August 1944) Algiers (de facto from 3 June to 31 August 1944)		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 18 April 1941 and from 20 August 1944 to 9 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. France administered the foreign affairs of the following protectorate:
  • Flag of Saar (1947-1956).svg  Saar (from 15 December 1947)

G

Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany (to 8 May 1945)
Capital: Berlin
  • German Reich (to 26 June 1943)
  • Greater German Reich (from 26 June 1943 to 8 May 1945)
Widely recognized independent state to 8 May 1945.
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany, East – German Democratic Republic (from 7 October 1949)
Capital: East Berlin (disputed)		Widely recognized state under Soviet occupation.
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany, West – Federal Republic of Germany (from 23 May 1949)
Capital: Bonn 		Widely-recognized state under Allied occupation. West Germany was a federation of eleven states. [3]
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece – Kingdom of Greece (to 23 April 1941, From October 13, 1944)
Capital: Athens 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to April 1941, from Oct 13 1944 to 20 April 1946. Had a government in exile from April 1941 to October 1944. UN member state from 25 October 1945.
Flag of Guatemala (1871-1968).svg Guatemala – Republic of Guatemala
Capital: Guatemala City 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 21 November 1945)

H

Flag of Haiti (1859-1964).svg Haiti – Republic of Haiti
Capital: Port-au-Prince 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to April 1942. UN member state from 24 October 1945.
Flag of Honduras (1866-1898).svg → Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras – Republic of Honduras
Capital: Tegucigalpa 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 17 December 1945.
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg → Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg → Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg Hungary
Capital: Budapest 		Widely recognized independent state.
Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.svg Hyderabad – State of Hyderabad (from 15 August 1947 to 17 December 1948)
Capital: Hyderabad

I

Light Blue Flag of Iceland.svg → Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
Capital: Reykjavík 		Widely recognized independent state. In personal union with Denmark to 17 June 1944. UN member state from 19 November 1946.
Flag of India.svg India – Union of India (from 15 August 1947)
Capital: New Delhi 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state. Commonwealth realm.
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (from 17 August 1945)
Capital: Djakarta 		Widely recognized independent state.
State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg Iran – Imperial State of Iran
Capital: Tehran 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 12 November 1945)
Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg Iraq – Kingdom of Iraq
Capital: Baghdad 		Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to 20 April 1946; UN member state from 21 December 1945.
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Capital: Dublin 		Widely recognized independent state and LON member state to 20 April 1946.
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel – State of Israel (from 14 May 1948)
Capital: Jerusalem 		Widely-recognized UN member state from 11 May 1949. [f]
Flag of Italy (1946-2003).svg Italian Social Republic (from September 1943 to May 1945)
Capital: Salò 		Puppet state of Germany, independent to the Kingdom of Italy.
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg → Flag of Italy (1946-2003).svg Italy
Capital: Rome (to September 1943, from February 1944), Brindisi (from September 1943 to February 1944)		Widely recognized independent state under fascism to 3 September 1943.

J

Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg → Flag of Allied Occupied Japan.svg Japan
Capital: Tokyo 		Widely recognized independent state under Allied occupation from 2 September 1945.

K

FlagofKalat.svg Kalat – Khanate of Kalat (from 15 August 1947 until 27 March 1948)
Capital: Kalat, Balochistan

Flag of the People's Committee of Korea.svg Korea – People's Republic of Korea (from 12 September 1945 to 1948)
Capital: Seoul

Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  Korea, North – Democratic People's Republic of Korea (from 9 September 1948)
Capital: Pyongyang 		Widely recognized independent state. [g] Claimed to be the sole legitimate government of Korea.
Flag of South Korea (1945-1948).svg → Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg → Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Korea, South – Republic of Korea (from 17 August 1948)
Capital: Seoul 		Widely recognized independent state. [h] Permanent observer at the UN. Claimed to be the sole legitimate government of Korea.

L

Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia – Republic of Latvia (to 17 August 1940)
Capital: Riga 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 5 August 1940 and in exile to 20 April 1946. Conquered by a Soviet offensive but maintained a government in exile.
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon – Lebanese Republic (from 22 November 1943)
Capital: Beirut 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from October 1945.
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia – Republic of Liberia
Capital: Monrovia 		Widely recognized independent state.LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 2 November 1945.
Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
Capital: Vaduz 		Widely recognized independent state.
Flag of Lithuania 1918-1940.svg Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania (to 15 June 1940)
Capital: Vilnius 		Widely recognized independent state.LON member state to 5 August 1940 and in exile to 20 April 1946. Conquered by a Soviet offensive but maintained a government in exile.
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (to 10 May 1940, from 11 September 1944)
Capital: Luxembourg City 		Widely recognized independent state; LON member state to 10 May 1940, from 11 Sept 1944 to 20 April 1946 and in exile from 10 May 1940 to 11 Sept 1944. Conquered by a German offensive but maintained a government in exile based in London and a UN member state from 24 October 1945.

M

Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico – United Mexican States
Capital: Mexico City 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 17 November 1945.
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco – Principality of Monaco
Capital: Monaco 		Widely recognized independent state.
Flag of Mongolia 1924 (alternative).svg → Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1945).svg → Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1945-1992).svg Mongolia – Mongolian People's Republic
Capital: Ulaanbaatar 		Widely recognized independent state from January 5, 1946.
Flag of Muscat.svg  Muscat and Oman – Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
Capital: Muscat 		De jure independent state. De facto a British protectorate.

N

Flag of Nepal (19th century-1962).svg Nepal – Kingdom of Nepal
Capital: Kathmandu 		Widely recognized independent state.
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands (to 15 May 1940, from 5 May 1945)
Capital: Amsterdam 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 10 December 1945. Under occupation by Germany from 10 May 1940 to 5 May 1945 , also had a government in exile from 15 May 1940 to 5 May 1945.
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Capital: Wellington 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. Dominion of the British Empire until 25 Nov 1947. Commonwealth realm.
Flag of Nicaragua (1908-1971).svg  Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
Capital: Managua 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 24 Oct 1945).
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway – Kingdom of Norway
Capital: Oslo 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945.

Under occupation by Germany from 9 April 1940 to 8 May 1945.

P

Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan – Dominion of Pakistan (from 14 Aug 1947)
Capital: Karachi 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state (from 30 September 1947). Commonwealth realm.
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama – Republic of Panama
Capital: Panama City 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 13 November 1945.
Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg  Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
Capital: Asunción 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 Oct 1945.
Flag of Peru (1884-1950).svg  Peru
Capital: Lima 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 31 Oct 1945.
Flag of the Philippines (1946-1998).svg  Philippine Commonwealth
Capital: Manila 		Widely recognized independent state from 4 Jul 1946. UN member state from 24 Oct 1945. The commonwealth was under Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1945. The Philippine Government went into exile during that same time.
Flag of the Philippines (1943-1945).svg  Second Philippine Republic (from 14 October 1943 to 17 August 1945)
Capital: Manila (from 14 October 1943 to 3 March 1945) Baguio (from 3 March 1945)		De facto independent state; considered to be a puppet state of Japan.
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland
Capital: Warsaw 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946. UN member state from 24 October 1945. Poland's government was still in exile.
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal – Portuguese Republic
Capital: Lisbon 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to 20 April 1946.

R

Flag of Romania.svg → Flag of Romania (January-March 1948).svg → Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg Romania
Capital: Bucharest 		Widely recognized independent state.

S

Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg  San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Capital: City of San Marino 		Widely recognized independent state.
Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938-1973).svg Saudi Arabia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Capital: Riyadh 		Widely recognized independent state; UN member state from 24 October 1945.
Flag of Sikkim (1914-1962).svg Sikkim – Kingdom of Sikkim (from 15 August 1947)
Capital: Gangtok 		Widely recognized independent state.
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa – Union of South Africa
Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 17 November 1945. Commonwealth realm.
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union – Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Capital: Moscow 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from 24 October 1945. The Soviet Union was a federation of 11 (later 16) republics. [i]
Flag of Spain (1938-1945).svg → Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain – Spanish State
Capital: Madrid 		Widely recognized independent state. Spain had sovereignty over the following overseas provinces:
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden
Capital: Stockholm 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state.
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
Capital: Bern 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state. Permanent observer at the UN.
Flag of Syria (1932-1958; 1961-1963).svg Syria – Syrian Republic (from January 1 1944)
Capital: Damascus 		Widely recognized independent state.

T

Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand / Siam
Capital: Bangkok
  • Kingdom of Thailand (to 7 September 1945, from 11 May 1949)
  • Kingdom of Siam (from 7 September 1945 to 11 May 1949)
Widely recognized independent state. LON member state. UN member state from 16 December 1946.
Flag of Tibet.svg Tibet
Capital: Lhasa 		De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China and by the People's Republic of China.
Flag of Jordan.svg Transjordan / Jordan (from 25 May 1946)
Capital: Amman
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan (from 25 May 1946 to April 1949)
  • Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (from 3 April 1949)
Widely-recognized independent state.
Free Territory Trieste Flag.svg  Trieste – Free Territory of Trieste (from May 25, 1946)
Capital: Trieste 		Widely recognized independent state.
Unofficial flag of Tripura.png Tripura – Kingdom of Tripura (from 13 August 1947 to September 9, 1949)
Capital: Agartala 		Widely recognized independent state.
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey – Republic of Turkey
Capital: Ankara 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to October 4, 1945. UN member state from October 4, 1945.

U

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Capital: London 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to October 4, 1945. UN member state from October 4, 1945. The United Kingdom was composed of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom had sovereignty over:
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States – United States of America
Capital: Washington, D.C. 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from October 4, 1945. The United States had sovereignty over:
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay – Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Capital: Montevideo 		Widely recognized independent state. LON member state to December 18, 1945. UN member state from December 18, 1945.

V

Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City – Vatican City State
Capital: Vatican City 		Widely recognized independent state.
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Venezuela – United States of Venezuela
Capital: Caracas 		Widely recognized independent state.

Y

Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.svg Yemen – Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
Capital: Sana'a 		Widely recognized independent state.
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg → Yugoslav Partisans flag 1945.svg → Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia (to April 6, 1941, from November 29, 1943)
Capital: Belgrade 		Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from October 24, 1945. Under occupation by Nazi Germany from April 6, 1941 to May 25, 1945. A government in exile was regarded as the legitimate government by the Allies.

Other entities

Excluded from the list above are the following noteworthy entities which either were not fully sovereign or did not claim to be independent:

Notes

  1. ↑ 23 Provinces: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chubut (from 15 June 1955), Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa (from 15 June 1955), Jujuy, La Pampa (renamed Eva Perón from 29 January 1952 to 27 April 1956), La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones (from 1953), Neuquén (from 15 June 1955), Presidente Juan Perón (from 10 August 1951, renamed Chaco on 27 April 1956), Río Negro (from 15 June 1955), Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz (from 1957), Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán. 10 Territories: Buenos Aires, Chaco (to 10 August 1951, renamed Presidente Juan Perón in 1950), Chubut (to 15 June 1955), Formosa (to 15 June 1955), Misiones (to 1953), Neuquén (to 15 June 1955), Río Negro (to 15 June 1955), Santa Cruz (to 1957), Tierra del Fuego.
  2. ↑ 6 States: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. 3 Territories: Australian Capital Territory, Jervis Bay Territory, Northern Territory.
  3. ↑ 20 states: Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe. 5 territories: Acre, Amapá (from September 13, 1943), Fernando de Noronha (from February 9, 1942), Iguaçu (from September 13, 1943 to September 18, 1946), Ponta Porã (from September 13, 1943 to September 18, 1946), Guaporé (from September 13, 1943), Rio Branco (from September 13, 1943). 1 federal district: Federal District.
  4. ↑ 10 Provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland (from 31 March 1949), Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan. 2 Territories: Northwest Territories, Yukon.
  5. ↑ Owing to a dispute over lands seized during World War II, Liechtenstein and Czechoslovakia did not recognize each other.
  6. ↑ Israel was recognized by Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Lebanon, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, or Yemen.
  7. ↑ North Korea was not recognized by the Estonian exile government, France, Japan, or South Korea.
  8. ↑ South Korea was not recognized by the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, Romania or North Korea.
  9. ↑ Byelorussian SSR, Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Uzbek SSR, Turkmen SSR, Tajik SSR, Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR, Kirghiz SSR, Karelo-Finnish SSR (from March 31, 1940), Moldavian SSR (from August 2, 1940), Lithuanian SSR (from August 3, 1940), Latvian SSR (from August 5, 1940), Estonian SSR (from August 6, 1940).

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Axis powers</span> Major alliance of World War II

The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Empire of Japan. The Axis were united in their far-right positions and general opposition to the Allies, but otherwise lacked comparable coordination and ideological cohesion.

A puppet state, puppet régime, puppet government or dummy government is a state that is de jure independent but de facto completely dependent upon an outside power and subject to its orders. Puppet states have nominal sovereignty, except that a foreign power effectively exercises control through economic or military support. By leaving a local government in existence the outside power evades all responsibility, while at the same time successfully paralysing the local government they tolerate.

In the field of international relations, a client state, is a state that is economically, politically, and militarily subordinated to a more powerful controlling state. Alternative terms for a client state are satellite state, associated state, and dominion, condominium, self-governing colony, and neo-colony, protectorate, vassal state, puppet state, and tributary state.

High commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.

The Kingdom of Romania, under the rule of King Carol II, was initially a neutral country in World War II. However, Fascist political forces, especially the Iron Guard, rose in popularity and power, urging an alliance with Nazi Germany and its allies. As the military fortunes of Romania's two main guarantors of territorial integrity—France and Britain—crumbled in the Fall of France, the government of Romania turned to Germany in hopes of a similar guarantee, unaware that Germany, in the supplementary protocol to the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, had already granted its blessing to Soviet claims on Romanian territory.

A resident minister, or resident for short, is a government official required to take up permanent residence in another country. A representative of his government, he officially has diplomatic functions which are often seen as a form of indirect rule.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">World War II by country</span> List of participating countries and their involvement

Almost every country in the world participated in World War II. Most were neutral at the beginning, but only a relative few nations remained neutral to the end. The Second World War pitted two alliances against each other, the Axis powers and the Allied powers. It is estimated that 74 million people died, with estimates ranging from 40 million to 90 million dead. The main Axis powers were Nazi Germany, the Empire of Japan, and the Kingdom of Italy; while the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and China were the "Big Four" Allied powers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wang Jingwei regime</span> Puppet state of Japan in China (1940–1945)

The Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China, commonly described as the Wang Jingwei regime, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in eastern China. It existed coterminous with the Nationalist government of the Republic of China under Chiang Kai-shek, which was fighting Japan alongside the other Allies of World War II. The country functioned as a dictatorship under Wang Jingwei, formerly a high-ranking official of the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT). The region it administered was initially seized by Japan during the late 1930s at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Allies of World War II</span> Grouping of the victorious countries of the war

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its principal members by the end of 1941 were the "Big Four" – the United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, and China.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bulgaria during World War II</span>

The history of Bulgaria during World War II encompasses an initial period of neutrality until 1 March 1941, a period of alliance with the Axis Powers until 8 September 1944, and a period of alignment with the Allies in the final year of the war. With German consent, Bulgarian military forces occupied parts of the Kingdoms of Greece and Yugoslavia which Bulgarian irredentism claimed on the basis of the 1878 Treaty of San Stefano. Bulgaria resisted Axis pressure to join the war against the Soviet Union, which began on 22 June 1941, but did declare war on Britain and the United States on 13 December 1941. The Red Army entered Bulgaria on 8 September 1944; Bulgaria declared war on Germany the next day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Japanese occupation of Malaya</span> Part of World War II

Malaya, then under British administration, was gradually occupied by Japanese forces between 8 December 1941 and the Allied surrender at Singapore on 15 February 1942. The Japanese remained in occupation until their surrender to the Allies in 1945. The first Japanese garrison in Malaya to lay down their arms was in Penang on 2 September 1945 aboard HMS Nelson.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Axis leaders of World War II</span> Political and military figures during World War II

The Axis leaders of World War II were important political and military figures during World War II. The Axis was established with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in 1940 and pursued a strongly militarist and nationalist ideology; with a policy of anti-communism. During the early phase of the war, puppet governments were established in their occupied nations. When the war ended, many of them faced trials for war crimes. The chief leaders were Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany, Benito Mussolini of Fascist Italy, and Hirohito of Imperial Japan. Unlike what happened with the Allies, there was never a joint meeting of the main Axis heads of government, although Mussolini and Hitler met on a regular basis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Military occupations by the Soviet Union</span> Soviet military occupations

During World War II, the Soviet Union occupied and annexed several countries effectively handed over by Nazi Germany in the secret Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 1939. These included the eastern regions of Poland, as well as Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, part of eastern Finland and eastern Romania. Apart from the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and post-war division of Germany, the USSR also occupied and annexed Carpathian Ruthenia from Czechoslovakia in 1945.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">British Empire in World War II</span>

When the United Kingdom declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939 at the start of World War II, it controlled to varying degrees numerous crown colonies, protectorates, and India. It also maintained strong political ties to four of the five independent Dominions—Australia, Canada, South Africa, and New Zealand—as co-members of the British Commonwealth. In 1939 the British Empire and the Commonwealth together comprised a global power, with direct or de facto political and economic control of 25% of the world's population, and of 30% of its land mass.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baltic–Soviet relations</span> International relations between Baltic states and Soviet Union

Relevant events began regarding the Baltic states and the Soviet Union when, following Bolshevist Russia's conflict with the Baltic states—Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia—several peace treaties were signed with Russia and its successor, the Soviet Union. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Soviet Union and all three Baltic States further signed non-aggression treaties. The Soviet Union also confirmed that it would adhere to the Kellogg–Briand Pact with regard to its neighbors, including Estonia and Latvia, and entered into a convention defining "aggression" that included all three Baltic countries.

The diplomatic history of World War II includes the major foreign policies and interactions inside the opposing coalitions, the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers, between 1939 and 1945.

<i>Si Rat Malai</i> Former administrative division of Thailand

Si Rat Malai is a former administrative division of Thailand. It included the four northern states of Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, and Terengganu in British Malaya annexed by the Axis-aligned Thai government after the Japanese invasion of Malaya.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Butcher, Charles R.; Griffiths, Ryan D. (2020-03-03). "States and their international relations since 1816: introducing version 2 of the International System(s) Dataset (ISD)". International Interactions. 46 (2): 301. doi: 10.1080/03050629.2020.1707199 . ISSN   0305-0629.
  2. ↑ New Guinea was under Japanese occupation from January 1941 to August 15, 1945.
  3. ↑ 11 States: Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Schleswig-Holstein, Württemberg-Baden, Württemberg-Hohenzollern.
  4. ↑ Brunei was under Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945.
  5. ↑ The Federated Malay States were under Japanese occupation from February 15, 1942 to September 12, 1945.
  6. ↑ Guernsey is part of the Channel Islands and was under German occupation from June 9, 1940 until it was liberated on May 9, 1945.
  7. ↑ Hong Kong was under Japanese occupation from December 28, 1941 to August 28, 1945.
  8. ↑ Jersey is part of the Channel Islands and was under German occupation from June 9, 1940 until it was liberated on May 9, 1945.
  9. ↑ Johor was part of the Unfederated Malay States and was under Japanese occupation from February 16, 1942 to September 2, 1945.
  10. ↑ Kedah was part of the Unfederated Malay States and was under Japanese occupation from February 16, 1942 to September 2, 1945.
  11. ↑ Kelantan was part of the Unfederated Malay States and was under Japanese occupation from February 16, 1942 to September 2, 1945.
  12. ↑ Labuan was under Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945.
  13. ↑ North Borneo was under Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945.
  14. ↑ Perlis was part of the Unfederated Malay States and was under Japanese occupation from February 16, 1942 to September 2, 1945.
  15. ↑ Sarawak was under Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945.
  16. ↑ The Straits Settlements were under Japanese occupation from February 15, 1942 to September 12, 1945.
  17. ↑ Terenggaru was part of the Unfederated Malay States and was under Japanese occupation from February 16, 1942 to September 2, 1945.
  18. ↑ Guam was under Japanese occupation from December 10, 1941 to August 10, 1944.
  19. ↑ The Philippines were under Japanese occupation from 1942 to August 21, 1945, The commonwealth also had a government in exile during that same time.
  20. ↑ Bilateral relations with countries Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine , Retrieved 2009-12-22
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.