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Occupied State/Territory
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Years
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Occupier
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Flag
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 Republic of Cuba
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1898-1902 & 1906-1909 & 1917-1922
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United States
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 Korean Empire
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1905-1910
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Empire of Japan
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 Ottoman Empire
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1911-1912
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Kingdom of Italy
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 Independent Albania
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1912-1913
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Kingdom of Serbia
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 Nicaragua
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1912-1933
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United States
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 Veracruz, Mexico
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1914-1914
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United States
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 Eastern Galicia, Austria-Hungary
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1914-1915
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Russian Empire
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 Neutral Moresnet
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1914-1915
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German Empire
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 German South West Africa
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1914-1915
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Union of South Africa
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 Belgium
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1914-1918
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German Empire
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 French Republic (Northeast)
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1914-1918
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German Empire
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 Luxembourg
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1914-1918
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German Empire
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 Congress Poland
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1914-1918
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Austria-Hungary / German Empire
|
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 Baltic Governorates & Vilna Governorate-General, Russian Empire
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1914-1919
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German Empire
|
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 Principality of Albania (East)
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1915-1917
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Tsardom of Bulgaria
|
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 Kingdom of Serbia (Northwest)
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1915-1918
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Austria-Hungary
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 Morava, Kingdom of Serbia
|
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1915-1918
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German Empire
|
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|
 Kingdom of Serbia (East & Macedonia)
|
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1915-1918
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Tsardom of Bulgaria
|
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 Republic of Haiti
|
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1915-1934
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|
United States
|
|
|
 Principality of Albania
|
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1916-1918
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Austria-Hungary
|
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|
 Kingdom of Montenegro
|
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1916-1918
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Austria-Hungary
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 Dominican Republic
|
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1916-1924 1956-1966
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United States
|
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|
 Kingdom of Italy (Northeast)
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1917-1918
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Austria-Hungary
|
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 Ottoman Empire (Levant)
|
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1917-1920
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France / United Kingdom / Kingdom of Hejaz
|
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 West Ukrainian People's Republic & Ukrainian People's Republic
|
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1918-1919
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Republic of Poland
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 Hungarian People's Republic
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1918-1919
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Kingdom of Romania / Czechoslovakia / France / Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
|
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 Russian SFSR (Partially)
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|
1918-1920
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United Kingdom / Empire of Japan / Kingdom of Greece / United States / France / Beiyang Republic of China
|
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 Ukrainian People's Republic
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1918-1920
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Russian SFSR
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 Republic of German-Austria & Republic of Austria (Tirol)
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1918-1920
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Kingdom of Italy
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 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
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1918-1921
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France / Kingdom of Italy / United Kingdom / United States
|
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 Regency Kingdom of Hungary
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1918-1921
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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
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 Ottoman Empire (Constantinople)
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1918-1923
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France / Kingdom of Italy / United Kingdom
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 Rheinland, Weimar Republic
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1918-1930
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France / United Kingdom / Belgium / United States / Siam
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 Hungarian Soviet Republic
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1919-1919
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Kingdom of Romania
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 Ottoman Empire (Smyrna)
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1919-1922
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Kingdom of Greece
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 Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
|
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1920
|
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Russian SFSR
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 Far Eastern Republic & Soviet Union (Nothern Sakhalin)
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1920-1925
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Empire of Japan
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|
 Democratic Republic of Georgia
|
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1921
|
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Russian SFSR
|
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|
 Weimar Republic (Der Ruhr)
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1923-1924
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Belgium / France
|
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|
 Republic of China (Manchuria)
|
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1931-1935
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Empire of Japan
|
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 Republic of China (Xinjiang)
|
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1934-1934
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Soviet Union
|
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|
 Ethiopian Empire
|
|
1935-1941
|
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Kingdom of Italy
|
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|
 Republic of China (Partially)
|
|
1937-1945
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Empire of Japan
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|
 Federal State of Austria
|
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1938-1938
|
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Germany
|
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|
 Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland)
|
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1938-1938
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Germany
|
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|
 Finland (Partially)
|
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1939-1940
|
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Soviet Union
|
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|
 Republic of Poland (East)
|
|
1939-1941
|
|
Soviet Union
|
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 Bohemia and Moravia
|
|
1939-1945
|
|
Germany
|
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|
 Klaipėda Region
|
|
1939-1945
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Germany
|
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 Kingdom of Albania
|
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1939-1945
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Kingdom of Italy
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 Republic of Poland
|
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1939-1945
|
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Germany
|
|
|
 Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
|
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1940-1940
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|
Soviet Union
|
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 British Somaliland
|
|
1940-1941
|
|
Kingdom of Italy
|
|
|
 Finland (Hankoniemi)
|
|
1940-1941
|
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Soviet Union
|
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|
 Estonia
|
|
1940-1941
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|
Soviet Union
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|
 Latvia
|
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1940-1941
|
|
Soviet Union
|
|
|
 Lithuania
|
|
1940-1941
|
|
Soviet Union
|
|
|
 Vichy France (Southeast)
|
|
1940-1943
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Kingdom of Italy
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|
 Vichy France (Only North until 1942)
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1940-1944
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Germany
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 Belgium
|
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1940-1945
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Germany
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 Denmark
|
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1940-1945
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Germany
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 Føroyar Islands
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1940-1945
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United Kingdom
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 Greenland
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1940-1945
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United States / United Kingdom
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|
 Kingdom of Iceland
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1940-1945
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United States / United Kingdom
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 Luxembourg
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1940-1945
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Germany
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 Netherlands
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1940-1945
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Germany
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 Norway
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1940-1945
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Germany
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 Channel Islands
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1940-1945
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Germany
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 Ethiopian Empire
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|
1941-1944
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United Kingdom
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|
 Kingdom of Greece
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1941-1944
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Tsardom of Bulgaria / Kingdom of Italy / Germany
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 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
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1941-1944
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Germany
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 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
|
|
1941-1944
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Germany
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 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
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|
1941-1944
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|
Germany
|
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|
 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
|
|
1941-1944
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|
Germany
|
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|
 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
|
|
1941-1944
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Germany
|
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|
 Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
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1941-1944
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Finland
|
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|
 Guam
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1941-1944
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Empire of Japan
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|
|
 Transnistria
|
|
1941-1944
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Kingdom of Romania
|
|
|
 French Cochinchina
|
|
1941-1945
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|
Empire of Japan
|
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|
 Protectorate of Cambodia
|
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1941-1945
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|
Empire of Japan
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|
 British Borneo
|
|
1941-1945
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|
Empire of Japan
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|
 British Hong Kong
|
|
1941-1945
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|
Empire of Japan
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|
|
 Straits Settlements
|
|
1941-1945
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|
Empire of Japan
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|
|
 Federated Malay States
|
|
1941-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
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|
|
 Johor
|
|
1941-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Kedah
|
|
1941-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Kelantan
|
|
1941-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Perlis
|
|
1941-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Terengganu
|
|
1941-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
|
|
1941-1945
|
|
Tsardom of Bulgaria / Regency Kingdom of Hungary / Kingdom of Italy / Germany / Independent State of Croatia
|
|
|
 Pahlavi Iran
|
|
1941-1946
|
|
Soviet Union / United Kingdom
|
|
|
 New Caledonia
|
|
1942-1945
|
|
United States
|
|
|
 Territory of New Guinea
|
|
1942-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Mandatory Nauru
|
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1942-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
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 British Andaman Islands
|
|
1942-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Dutch East Indies
|
|
1942-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
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|
 Commonwealth of the Philippines
|
|
1942-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Portuguese Timor
|
|
1942-1945
|
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Empire of Japan
|
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 British Burma
|
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1942-1945
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Empire of Japan
|
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|
 Colony of Singapore
|
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1942-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Qisxa
|
|
1942-1945
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|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Atan
|
|
1942-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Kouang-Tchéou-Wan
|
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1943-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
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|
 Italy
|
|
1943-1945
|
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Germany
|
|
|
 Kingdom of Italy
|
|
1943-1945
|
|
United States / United Kingdom
|
|
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 Italian Libya
|
|
1943-1951
|
|
United Kingdom / France
|
|
|
 Kingdom of Hungary
|
|
1944-1945
|
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Germany
|
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|
 Carpathian Ruthenia
|
|
1944-1945
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Soviet Union
|
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|
 France
|
|
1944-1946
|
|
Free France / United States / United Kingdom
|
|
|
 Tsardom of Bulgaria
|
|
1944-1947
|
|
Soviet Union
|
|
|
 Hungarian Republic
|
|
1944-1949
|
|
Soviet Union
|
|
|
 Provisional Republic of Poland
|
|
1944-1956
|
|
Soviet Union
|
|
|
 Finland (Porkkalanniemi)
|
|
1944-1956
|
|
Soviet Union
|
|
|
 Kingdom of Romania
|
|
1944-1958
|
|
Soviet Union
|
|
|
 Tonkin
|
|
1945-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Annam
|
|
1945-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 Kingdom of Luang Prabang
|
|
1945-1945
|
|
Empire of Japan
|
|
|
 East Prussia
|
|
1945-1945
|
|
Soviet Union
|
|
|
 Manchukuo
|
|
1945-1946
|
|
Soviet Union
|
|
|
 Pahlavi Iran (Northern)
|
|
1945-1946
|
|
Azerbaijan People's Government / Republic of Mahabad / Soviet Union
|
|
|
 Cochinchina
|
|
1945-1946
|
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|
 Korea (Northern)
|
|
1945-1948
|
|
Soviet Union
|
|
|
 Korea (Southern)
|
|
1945-1948
|
|
United States
|
|
|
 Germany (Eastern)
|
|
1945-1949
|
|
Soviet Union
|
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|
 Germany (Western)
|
|
1945-1949
|
|
United Kingdom / United States / France
|
|
|
 Japan
|
|
1945-1951
|
|
United States
|
|
|
 Tokara Islands
|
|
1945-1952
|
|
United States
|
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|
 Taiwan, Penghu & Itu Aba
|
|
1945-1952
|
|
Republic of China
|
|
|
 Amami Islands
|
|
1945-1953
|
|
United States
|
|
|
 Austria
|
|
1945-1955
|
|
Soviet Union / United Kingdom / United States / France
|
|
|
 Saarprotektorat
|
|
1945-1957
|
|
France
|
|
|
 Ogasawara Islands
|
|
1945-1968
|
|
United States
|
|
|

Ruuchuu Islands
|
|
1945-1972
|
|
United States
|
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|
 West Berlin (De Jure only after 1949)
|
|
1945-1990
|
|
United Kingdom / United States / France
|
|
|
 Junaghad
|
|
1947-1948
|
|
India
|
|
|
 Hyderabad
|
|
1948-1948
|
|
India
|
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|
 Palestine (West Bank)
|
|
1948-1967
|
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Jordan
|
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|
 Kingdom of Sikkim
|
|
1949-1950
|
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India
|
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 Tibet
|
|
1949-1951
|
|
China
|
|
|
 Israel (Northern Jordan Valley)
|
|
1949-1967
|
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Syria
|
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 Portuguese Dadra and Nagar Haveli
|
|
1954-1971
|
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India
|
|
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 Suez Canal Zone, Egypt
|
|
1956-1956
|
|
United Kingdom / France
|
|
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 Hungarian People's Republic
|
|
1956-1956
|
|
Soviet Union
|
|
|
 All-Palestine Protectorate
|
|
1956-1957
|
|
Israel
|
|
|
|
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|
1956-1957 1967-1982
|
|
Israel
|
|
|
 Palestine (Gaza Strip)
|
|
1959-1967
|
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Egypt
|
|
|
 Kingdom of Laos
|
|
1959-1975
|
|
North Vietnam
|
|
|
 Cuba (Guantanamo Bay)
|
|
1959-Now
|
|
United States
|
|
|
 West Papua
|
|
1960-1960 (1960-Now)
|
|
Indonesia
|
|
|
 Goa, Daman & Diu
|
|
1961-1974
|
|
India
|
|
|
 Aksai Chin & Arunachal Pradesh
|
|
1962-1962
|
|
China
|
|
|
 Palestine (East Jerusalem, West Bank, & Gaza Strip (Partial))
|
|
1967-Now
|
|
Israel
|
|
|
 Syria (Golan Heights)
|
|
1967-Now
|
|
Israel
|
|
|
 Czechoslovakia
|
|
1968-1989
|
|
Soviet Union / People's Republic of Bulgaria / Polish People's Republic / East Germany / Hungarian People's Republic
|
|
|
 East Pakistan
|
|
1971-1971
|
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India
|
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|
 Cyprus
|
|
1974-Now
|
|
Northern Cyprus / Türkiye
|
|
|
 Republic of Vietnam
|
|
1975-1976
|
|
North Vietnam
|
|
|
 Angola (Partially)
|
|
1975-1976
|
|
Union of South Africa
|
|
|
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Tiris al-Gharbiyya)
|
|
1975-1979
|
|
Mauritania
|
|
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 East Timor
|
|
1975-1999
|
|
Indonesia
|
|
|
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Large Portions)
|
|
1975-Now
|
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Morocco
|
|
|
 Chad (Aouzou Strip)
|
|
1976-1987
|
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Libya
|
|
|
 Lebanon (Partially)
|
|
1976-2005
|
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
|
|
 Tanzania (Kagera)
|
|
1978-1978
|
|
Uganda
|
|
|
 Lebanon (Southern)
|
|
1978-1982
|
|
Free Lebanon State / Israel
|
|
|
 Democratic Kampuchea
|
|
1978-1989
|
|
Vietnam
|
|
|
 Vietnam (Partially)
|
|
1979-1979
|
|
China
|
|
|
 Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
|
|
1979-1989
|
|
Soviet Union
|
|
|
 Falkland Islands
|
|
1982-1982
|
|
Argentina
|
|
|
 Lebanon (Southern)
|
|
1982-2000 2024-Now (Partial since 2025)
|
|
Israel
|
|
|
 People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada
|
|
1983-1983
|
|
United States / Barbados / Jamaica / Antigua and Barbuda / Dominica / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
|
|
 Sri Lanka (Northern Province)
|
|
1987-1990
|
|
India
|
|
|
 Maldives
|
|
1988-1988
|
|
India
|
|
|
 Panama
|
|
1989-1990
|
|
United States
|
|
|
 Kuwait
|
|
1990-1991
|
|
Republic of Iraq
|
|
|
 Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh)
|
|
1992-2023
|
|
Republic of Artsakh / Armenia
|
|
|
 Azerbaijan (Border Villages)
|
|
1992-2024
|
|
Armenia
|
|
|
 Moldova (Partial)
|
|
1992-Now
|
|
Russia / Transnistria
|
|
|
 Azerbaijan (Sofulu, Barxudarlı & Karki)
|
|
1992-Now
|
|
Armenia
|
|
|
 Armenia (Artsvashen)
|
|
1992-Now
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
|
|
 Haiti
|
|
1994-1995
|
|
United States / Poland / Argentina
|
|
|
 Lesotho
|
|
1998-1999
|
|
South Africa / Botswana
|
|
|
 Democratic Republic of the Congo (Partially)
|
|
1998-2002
|
|
Uganda / Rwanda / Zimbabwe / Angola / Namibia / Chad / Sudan
|
|
|
 Eritrea (Gash-Barka, Southern Region, Northern Red Sea and Southern Red Sea)
|
|
2000-2018
|
|
Ethiopia
|
|
|
 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
|
|
2001-2002
|
|
United States / United Kingdom / Canada / Australia / New Zealand / Germany / Italy / France / Northern Alliance
|
|
|
 Iraq
|
|
2003-2011
|
|
United States / United Kingdom / Australia / Poland / South Korea / Georgia / Ukraine / Romania / Denmark / Bulgaria / El Salvador / Czechia / Azerbaijan / Albania / Mongolia / Singapore / Latvia / Bosnia and Herzegovina / North Macedonia / Tonga / Armenia / Estonia / Kazakhstan / Moldova / Italy / Netherlands / Spain / Japan / Thailand / Honduras / Dominican Republic / Hungary / Nicaragua / Norway / Portugal / Lithuania / Slovakia / New Zealand / Philippines / Iceland / NATO / Kurdistan Democratic Party / Patriotic Union of Kurdistan / Free Iraqi Forces
|
|
|
 Somalia
|
|
2006-2009
|
|
Ethiopia
|
|
|
 Georgia (Gori, Poti, & Perevi)
|
|
2008-2011
|
|
Russia
|
|
|
 Georgia (Northwest & Northern)
|
|
2008-Now
|
|
Russia / Abkhazia / South Ossetia
|
|
|
 Ukraine (Donetsk)
|
|
2014-2022
|
|
Donetsk People's Republic
|
|
|
 Ukraine (Luhansk)
|
|
2014-2022
|
|
Luhansk People's Republic
|
|
|
 Crimea/Sevastopol
|
|
2014-Now
|
|
Russia
|
|
|
 Syria (al-Tanf)
|
|
2015-Now
|
|
United States
|
|
|
 Syria (Azaz, al-Bab, Jarabulus, Afrin, Tell Abyad & Ras al-Ayn)
|
|
2016-Now
|
|
Syrian Interim Government (Until 2025) / Türkiye
|
|
|
 Yemen (Socotra)
|
|
2018-2018
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
|
|
 Armenia (Partial: Syunik, Vayots Dzor, & Gegharkunik)
|
|
2021-Now
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
|
|
 Ukraine (Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy, Zhytomyr, Chernobyl, & Snake Island)
|
|
2022-2024
|
|
Russia
|
|
|
 Ukraine (Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, & Mykolaiv)
|
|
2022-Now
|
|
Russia
|
|
|
 Russia (Kursk)
|
|
2024-2025
|
|
Ukraine
|
|
|
 Syria (Tartus naval base & Khmeimim Air Base)
|
|
2024-Now
|
|
Russia
|
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 Syria (Southern)
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2024-Now
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Israel
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 Syria (Suwayda)
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2025-Now
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Supreme Legal Committee in Suwayda / Israel
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