Atlas of World War II

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Atlas of World War II
Atlas of World War II


Global maps

WWII.png Map with the Participants in World War II:
  • Dark Green: Allies before the attack on Pearl Harbor, including colonies.
  • Light Green: Allied countries that entered the war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
  • Orange: Axis Powers
    • Dark green dots represent countries that initially were neutral but during the war were annexed by the USSR
    • Light green dots represent countries that later in the war changed from the Axis to the Allies
    • Orange dots represent countries that after being conquered by the Axis Powers, became puppets of those (Vichy France and several French colonies, Croatia)
Atlas of Battle Fronts from July 1943 to May 1945 at Half-Month intervals
1943-07-01GerWW2BattlefrontAtlas.jpg
1943-07-01JapWW2BattlefrontAtlas.jpg


Europe

WWII in Europe 1939-1941-blank.svg World War II in Europe (1939-1941) - Blank map
WWII in Europe 1939-1941-fr.svg World War II in Europe (1939-1941) - French map
FO-40-06-18.GIF German and Italian control on June the 18th,1940. (German and italians in blue, Non-occupied France and United Kingdom in yellow)
FO-40-11-14.GIF German and Italian control on November 14,1940
Second world war europe 1941-1942 map en.png German rule of europe 1941-1942


Western Europe

France 1940-Plan de bataille.svg The Yellow plan: German invasion plan of Western Europe May 1940
Progress wehrmacht lux May 1940.jpg German invasion of Luxembourg May 1940
Duitse inval.png German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940
Vichyfrance.GIF France during World War II

Central Europe

Extension of Germany (1935-1939)-blank.svg Extension of Germany (1935-1939) - Blank map
Extension of Germany (1935-1939)-fr.svg Extension of Germany (1935-1939) - French map
Duitsland31081939.png Germany at the beginning of World War II
Reichsgaue.png Greater germany 1941
Convoy PQ-17 map 1942-fr.svg Convoy PQ-17 map 1942-fr
Czechoslovakia 1939.SVG Partition of Czechoslovakia 1938-1939
Hungary map.png Extension of Hungary during World War II
WWII Southern Central Europe 1944-1945.png The Allied offensive on Southern Central Europe
Konzentrazionslager.png Concentration camps

Eastern Europe

Map of Poland (1945).png Partition of Poland between Germany and Soviet Union 1939-1941 (Border in brown)
FO-40-06-18.GIF German and Russian control on June the 18th,1940. (Germans in blue, Russians in violet)
East Prussia 1939.JPG German annexions in Lithuania in 1939
FO-41-06-21.GIF The eastern front at the beginning of the german attack against USSR
Continuation-War-1941.png Finland against USSR in 1941
Winter-War-Overview.png Russian attacks against Finland 1943-1944
Mannerheim-line.png The Mannerheim line in Finland
German withdrawal from finland summer 1944.jpg German withdrawal from Finland summer 1944
Rom1940-1941.png Romania before the invasion of USSR July 2, 1941
Transnistria administratie romaneasca.png Romanian rule in Transnistria (August 19, 1941-January 21 or 19 or 29, 1944
Rom1942.png Romania between 1941-1944
File:Ukraine massacres.png Ukraine massacres during the war
Map Battle of Stalingrad-en.svg Battle of Stalingrad (English)
Map Battle of Stalingrad-fr.svg La Bataille de Stalingrad (français)

Mediterranean Europe

Albania Greek occupation.png Greek occupation of Albania November 1940- March 1941
Greater albania.JPG Greater Albania created by Italy August 1941
Map of Bulgaria during WWII.png Bulgaria during WWII
BanovinaCroatia.PNG Banovina-Croatia
NezavisnaDrzavaHrvatskaDistricts.png Independent State of Croatia 1941-1943
NezavisnaDrzavaHrvatskaDistricts1943.png Independent State of Croatia 1943-1945
Croatia 41 45.gif Independant state of Croatia 1941
Triple Occupation of Greece.png Occupation of Greece during World War II
Italian empire 1940.PNG The Italian colonial Empire in 1940
Invasionofitaly1943.jpg Allied invasion of Italy in 1943
ItalyDefenseLinesSouthofRome1943 4.jpg German defense lines in 1943

Africa

EritreaCampaign1941 map-en.svg Eritrea Campain 1941
EritreaCampaign1941 map-fr.svg Campagne d'Érythrée 1941

Asia

Japanese Occupation - Map.jpg Japanese control after the Second Sino-Japanese War 1940
Japanese plan for china - December 1941.jpg Japanese plan in 1941
Koh Chang (17 janvier 1941).svg Koh Chang battle (17 january 1941)
Japanese Empire2.png The japanese empire in 1942
Japanese Ichigo Plan - April 1944.jpg Plan Ichigo in April 1944
China situation Oct1944.jpg Situation in October 1944

Pacific operations

Pearl Harbor 1941.svg Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
Coral Sea battle.svg Battle of the Coral Sea (may 1942)
Battle of Midway Map from dean.usma.edu 2015.png Battle of Midway June 1942
Battle Philippine sea map-en.svg Battle Philippine sea 19-20 June 1944
Battle Philippine sea map-fr.svg Bataille de la Mer des Philippines 19-20 Juin 1944
Battle of Saipan - map.jpg Battle of Saipan.Summer 1944
Battle of Guam map.jpg Battle of Guam 21 July-10 August 1944
Ten-goMap-fr.svg Operation Ten-Gō April 1944 - French map

Notes and references

General remarks:

  • The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
  • Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
  • Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
  • For Burma, see Myanmar; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom; Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire; Pridnestrovie, see Transnistria; Taiwan, see China, Republic of; Timor-Leste, see East Timor.
  • The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
  • The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.

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Countries with disputed status
Abkhazia · China (Republic)/Taiwan · Kosovo · Nagorno-Karabakh · Northern Cyprus · Palestine · Somaliland · South Ossetia · Tamil Eelam · Transnistria · Western Sahara

Dependencies and other overseas territories
Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Åland · American Samoa · Anguilla · Aruba · Ascension Island · Ashmore and Cartier Islands · Baker Island · Bermuda · Bouvet Island · British Indian Ocean Territory · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Christmas Island · Clipperton Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Cook Islands · Coral Sea Islands · Faroe Islands · French Guiana · French Polynesia · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · Gibraltar · Greenland · Guadeloupe · Guam · Guantanamo Bay · Guernsey · Heard Island and McDonald Islands · Hong Kong · Howland Island · Isle of Man · Jan Mayen · Jarvis Island · Jersey · Johnston Atoll · Kingman Reef · Macau · Martinique · Mayotte · Midway Atoll · Montserrat · Navassa Island · Netherlands Antilles · New Caledonia · Niue · Norfolk Island · Northern Mariana Islands · Palmyra Atoll · Pitcairn Islands · Puerto Rico · Réunion · Saint Helena · Saint-Barthélemy · Saint Martin (France) · Saint-Pierre and Miquelon · Svalbard · Tokelau · Tristan da Cunha · Turks and Caicos Islands · United States Virgin Islands · Wake Island · Wallis and Futuna

Disputed areas
Kashmir · Paracel Islands · Spratly Islands · Falkland Islands · South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Subnational autonomous entities
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Other regions
Basque Country · Burzenland · Kurdistan · Sápmi

Former countries
Austria-Hungary · Byzantine Empire · Caliphate · Czechoslovakia · Frankish Empire · Inca Empire · Macedonian Empire · Prussia · Roman Empire · Soviet Union · Yugoslavia

Themes
Administrative divisions · International organizations · Languages · Religions

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