Countries of Europe After World War II

Name all the countries of Europe that existed in 1946, after the end of the Second World War.

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Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

East Germany

Finland

France

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Liechtenstein

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Luxembourg

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Soviet Union

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Vatican City

West Germany

Yugoslavia

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101 Recent Comments

+10

Level 63

Jan 29, 2017

People are definitely correct about Germany, the two states were both founded in 1949. At least accept FRG (Federal Republic of Germany) and GDR (German Democratic Republic) for the incredibly inaccurate East and West Germany. At that time Germans were still considering East Germany to be those bits they lost in 1945, which have bave part of Poland and Russia for so long now that it is easy to forget how people felt about them back then.

Level 79

Jan 29, 2017

How is it "incredibly inaccurate?" You have some alternative compass that you are using? Would you say North and South Korea is also "incredibly inaccurate?" That's not what Koreans call the countries. But that couldn't possibly be more irrelevant to an English-language quiz site where the answers are in English and the convention has always been to refer to the countries as such.

+12

Level 70

Mar 27, 2022

It's inaccurate because West and East Germany didn't exist.

Level 89

Jan 29, 2017

Assuming this quiz is fixed e.g. by changing the year to 1949, it would seem reasonable to accept both the official country names (Federal Republic of Germany, or FRG in short, and German Democratic Republic, or GDR), as well as the widely-used West Germany and East Germany for the purposes of this and other quizzes. Maybe even the German abbreviations BRD and DDR could be considered. However, for 1946 those names are irrelevant.

Level 79

Feb 1, 2017

Having read up on it, yes, this^

Level 74

Mar 10, 2024

Should it not be BD and DDR, since ‘Bundesrepublik Deutschland’ is two words and ‘Deutsche Demokratiche Republik’ is three?

Level 41

Oct 1, 2024

We call it BRD. I guess it‘s better in line because DDR has 3 words, so both being 3 makes sense.

Level 77

Feb 16, 2026

No, because Bundesrepublik is a compound word and both parts are relevant to the abbreviation. Republik is also much more important than Bund, the fact that it is a federation of states has administrative implications, but being a republic defines the nation’s constitution and legal system.

Level 71

Jan 29, 2017

Really Germany from 1945 till 1948 was divided up into 5 major Occupied Zones. British / American / Soviet / French with Berlin under Allied Military Administration. Also Poland annexed an area adjoining the Soviet sector. There was no clear cut division West / East.

Level 70

Jan 29, 2017

And Saarland as a French protectorate that even competed in 1952 Olympics. In 1946 there was only one Germany, beeing occupied by four different states.

Level 73

Jan 29, 2017

Just wondering - why is it spelled "slov" in Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, and Slovenia, but it is spelled "slav" in Yugoslavia? Is there a difference in meaning between "slov" and "slav"?

Level 41

Jan 29, 2017

Oh nice question! :D

Well, in my language, Serbian (and probably most other Slavic languages) we don't say "Slavs", we say "Sloveni", so that's why it is spelled with an "O" in most of the countries.

Level 41

Jan 29, 2017

And Yugoslavia got it's name like this: Yug + Slav. Yug(jug, југ) means "south" in Serbian.

Level 42

Apr 27, 2025

As a czech person, in my language its "slovani" (slavs - slavic people), but its interesting, because Czechoslovakia/Československo uses "slovani", same as Slovenia/Slovinsko, but the case with Yugoslavia/Jugoslávie - i think thats because of the croatian and serbian language, in which they use "slav" - so my guess it depends on with what the native languages in those countries go with

Level 81

Jan 29, 2017

Guys, thanks for the comments. There will be some solution for this problem.

Level 76

Jan 30, 2017

This quiz is a great concept though! It was fun to take.

Level 56

Jan 31, 2017

Be careful with changing dates to solve German problem. Trieste was a truly independent state "under direct responsibility of U.N. Security Council" from 1947 to 1954. However Saar was only a French protectorate, despite having an international football team.

Level 51

Oct 22, 2020

Saarland also had its own citizenship, own flag, and (very briefly) its own currency. It would not be wrong to count it as a country (IMHO). Then again, I think it is not wrong to not count it as a country :-) Don't know what the official criteria are for being a country.

Level 36

Mar 15, 2018

Nitpickers aside, this was an excellent quiz! I guess that by time I began school, Germany had been divided, so I had no issue with the East/West thing; though we did learn them as the German Federal Republic (West) and the German Democratic Republic (East).

Level 79

Aug 22, 2019

Don’t forget Austria had the same situation as germany until 1955

Level 57

Jan 29, 2017

Great quiz, i only missed out Bulgaria

Level 64

Jan 29, 2017

As somebody else has said I knew these with minimal effort as it was how I leaned them at school. Guess I'm old too!

Level 43

Jan 29, 2017

Wow, I didn't realize so many countries were independent back then

Level 43

Jan 29, 2017

Most that weren't independent are in Africa

Level 56

Jan 31, 2017

Yep, American colonialism failed again.

Level 59

Jan 30, 2017

Cool quiz, got 'em all with 2:13 remaining. Kek!

Level 56

Oct 30, 2017

Please accept PR Poland, PSR Albania etc.

Level 33

Aug 3, 2025

People's Republic of Poland was a name adopted in 1952. Before that is was just Republic of Poland

Level 30

Mar 19, 2018

100% 2:55 left 7 years old, Down syndrome

Level 43

Mar 19, 2019

I'm not sure if you realize this but using and actual condition that so many people struggle with to act dumb as a joke, is really disrespectful.

Level 81

Jan 14, 2023

I mean… people with Downs Syndrome have become actors, musicians, and athletes. I can totally believe the comment.

If he's faking it, that's quite disrespectful, but it's also pretty disrespectful to assume it can't happen.

Level 82

Aug 23, 2018

Will this ever be fixed? It was a featured quiz, after all.

Level 46

Jan 26, 2019

The ones I learned in school, easy!

Level 62

Mar 17, 2019

Your hints are not correct. Neither East Germany nor West Germany existed in 1946; they were founded only three years later. In 1946, there were only the four zones. You should change that.

Level 47

Aug 22, 2019

why no Turkey?

Level 79

Aug 22, 2019

Turkey is in asia

Level 84

Jun 14, 2020

No, Turkey is in both Asia and Europe. This is a matter of fact. Denying this is a political decision to re-write the facts.

Level 68

May 23, 2024

Turkey is mainly located in Asia via Anatolia Peninsula (Asia Minor) however there is a good chunk of Turkey in Europe. The reason why it's excluded might be its capital placement but I can't say the same thing for Malta and Cyprus.

Edit: I forgot Malta and Cyprus were colonized by the British.

Level 79

Aug 22, 2019

Did anyone point out the fact that Austria was occupied by uk USA ussr and France after ww2 until 1955 when it became a country once more

Level 79

Aug 22, 2019

Could someone please respond because nobody has ever responded to me and I’m wondering if ur all just bots

Level 81

Aug 23, 2019

It was occupied , but formally it was an independent country. This is an example of open historical question.

Level 86

Apr 7, 2024

Some Austrian politicians formed a government and declared a separate Austrian state in April 1945, which was eventually recognised by the Allies and allowed to even conduct foreign relations such as Danube Comission. They also had regular elections. So yeah, undisputedly a separate country albeit still occupied.

Level 72

Oct 30, 2019

Reiterating numerous comments above. Please change the date for this map to 1949 or later, or change East and West Germany to just Germany. This is completely inaccurate history.

Level 46

Dec 8, 2019

federal republic of Germany isn't accepted but West Germany, the informal name, is?

Level 66

Mar 17, 2020

Did something happen to Malta or am I just dumb

Level 81

Mar 17, 2020

Malta was not independent until 1964.

Level 40

Apr 27, 2020

Great quiz, but I have one nitpicks to point out:

- West Germany and East Germany were formed in 1949, beforehand they were only occupied zones by the USSR, UK, France, and the USA.

Level 59

Jun 14, 2020

I don't know why but I can't play this quiz. Everytime I open this quiz, it crashes and then after a few seconds it recovers only to crash again when I scroll.

I tried this on 2 different phones in two different browsers.

Level 74

Jun 14, 2020

This map rather seems like a map of 1955 Europe (or Europe between 1955 and 1989) - both Austria and the two Germanies did not exist at the time (Austria unified and formed in 1955, Germanies in 1949). This is not about 'technicality' but the in an actual sense, no German or Austrian nation existed - the allies actually dissolved them all as occupation zones (unlike Japan or Italy).

Also, plz accept BRD for West Germany if you are going to keep the map as it is.

Level 86

Apr 7, 2024

Austria existed with a functioning government the whole time after the war.

Level 64

Jun 14, 2020

Definite agreement with everyone who says this is a 1955 map, not a 1946 map. There were no 'West Germany' and 'East Germany' until 1949 although there was a non-sovereign occupied Austria. Also, there are other borders that weren't settled until the Treaty of Paris 1947, and the border in the Trieste area wasn't made definite until 1954.

Level 49

Jun 14, 2020

This still isn't fixed? Huh.

Level 55

Jun 14, 2020

Nice quiz!

Level 95

Jun 14, 2020

Germany and Austria didn't exist in 1946.

Level 26

Jan 26, 2023

WWII ended in 1945 and Germany already existed after Prussia dissolved. Austria was Austria-Hungary (Austria, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia ect.) before WWI and Germany was already Germany before WWI.

Level 73

Mar 10, 2024

Learn some history please

Level 24

Jun 22, 2020

GDR existed since 1949

Level 70

Aug 22, 2020

Saarland, Trieste?

Level 55

Aug 22, 2020

Nice quiz! West Germany and Austria were unified after 1948.

Level 48

Nov 16, 2020

The germanys and austria didnt exist in 1946, they were formed as independent countries in 1949. in 1946 they still were part of the usa, uk france and ussr.

Level 28

Feb 15, 2021

1:55

14/32

Level 37

Mar 4, 2021

Needs to be 2 minutes at most! This is far too easy to complete in 4 minutes, wait I forgot about Americans.

Level 47

May 11, 2021

haha americans dumb amirite

Level 37

Mar 4, 2021

Good attempt, but read up on your geographical history and change it (Germany, minor independent nations etc.)

Level 47

May 11, 2021

nothing wrong with germany

Level 79

May 25, 2021

Only forgot Bulgaria

Level 60

Aug 9, 2021

Great quiz!

Level 72

Oct 3, 2021

Shouldn't Germany be parts of UK, USSR, and France? (And greyed out USA?) East and west Germany were not created until 1949, years after 1946.

Level 64

Oct 29, 2021

Weird Czechoslovakia wasn't recognised. Can you be more fair with spelling on this? Very good quiz all the same.

Level 61

Jan 8, 2022

12% of people didn't guess Czechoslovakia. Also known as: 12% of people couldn't spell Czechoslovakia. At least it's not Kyrgyzstan or Tegucigalpa.

Level 37

Jan 29, 2022

No Malta?

Level 64

Feb 1, 2022

Not independent. British colony until 1964.

Level 32

Mar 19, 2022

Found all with 2:07 remaining.

Nice quiz, I suggest to reduce a little bit of time

Level 70

Mar 27, 2022

How did this quiz get featured with so many historical errors?

Level 37

Jun 8, 2022

I like it!

Level 37

Jun 28, 2022

2:30

Level 35

Aug 16, 2022

very strange to look at a map of europe from this time. so few countries compared to now

Level 47

Sep 21, 2022

ČSFR should be also valid

Level 66

Nov 28, 2022

Austria was not a country until 1955. Please fix

Level 57

Dec 20, 2022

Saarland?

Level 50

Jan 23, 2023

Could Czechia be accepted for Czechoslovakia? Great quiz!

Level 81

Feb 24, 2023

West Germany and East Germany were formed in 1949.

Level 74

Mar 6, 2023

The Federal Republic of Germany never called itself "West Germany"

Level 72

Mar 6, 2023

interesting and unique quiz!

Level 38

May 4, 2023

too ez

Level 79

May 8, 2023

1:02

Level 55

Jul 7, 2023

Germany should still be one, or none at all and just have the zones of occupation, since both East and West Germany were only formed in 1949. Also, the Saar Protectorate sould be included.

Level 68

Dec 7, 2023

Germany and Austria should be occupied by USA, UK, France, and USSR, they only became independent in 1949

Level 20

Mar 10, 2024

I did it with 2:12 left (1:48 seconds )

Level 20

Mar 10, 2024

Got 32/32

Level 56

Mar 28, 2024

The Free Territory of Trieste missed out on this quiz by one year - it existed from 1947-1954

Level 81

Mar 28, 2024

It was not a country.

Level 50

Nov 25, 2024

Please correct the description, there stand 1946 but both BRD and DDR didnt existed in 1946

Level 28

Dec 21, 2024

I was close, I forgot how to write Czechoslovakia 😭

Level 60

Dec 23, 2024

Well, you can kick things regarding the Germanies around as much as you like, but if you accept "GDR", you also have to accept "FRG". "GDR" and "West Germany" is just a rubbish solution.

Obviously, neither of which existed in 1946.

Level 71

Jan 26, 2025

I don't think the map is accurate for the date displayed. From the map, we can tell it's before 1964 (because Malta isn't independent), but after 1951 (because of the Polish-Soviet border exchange) - then, from Trieste being part of Italy it's after 1954, and because Austria is independent it's after 1955 - this marks this map as being from between 1955 and 1964 but the description says it's '1946' in which case, the Polish-Soviet border would need to be adjusted, and West Germany and Austria should be replaced with their occupation zones.

Level 56

May 15, 2025

Great quiz.

Level 33

Aug 3, 2025

West Germany and East Germany didn't exist in 1946. Those two states were created in 1949. In 1946 it was officially one country in occupation by 4 states (in 1947 British and American zones merged, in 1949 French joined). My solution would be making one Germany, since that was the de iure state. If you want to go with de facto then add 4 occupation zones. Having 2 Germanys makes no sense in 1946 map

Level 33

Aug 3, 2025

Also as someone else pointed out Poland gained Ustrzyki Dolne (and surrounding areeas) in 1951 trading region around Bełz for it. If you want this to be 1946 map you should fix it

Level 61

Dec 22, 2025

Wow got 5/5, but where is malta

Level 49

Mar 2, 2026

West and East germany, as well as Austria, did not exist in 1946.