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•  Info created by National Archives UK, uploaded and nominated by Yann (talk) 12:03, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Yann (talk) 12:03, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Strong support I think this is an absolutely fascinating map of the political order in Europe - made in that brief age of optimism after WWII but before the Iron Curtain began to take shape, when it appeared that peace and reconciliation were just as possible as the division and polarisation of the Cold War. The more you explore it, the more interesting details there are. Cmao20 (talk) 13:37, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support - I agree. It's an excellent and very interesting map. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:53, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:03, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Seven Pandas (talk) 01:14, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:02, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 04:34, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Comment I noticed that "East Prussia" is on the map, despite that entity being absorbed by Russia and Poland respectively in 1945. So there is a factual error in this 1946 map; the disclaimer in the printing - that the information comes from 1938 - just isn't enough for me.--Peulle (talk) 07:43, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

• Peulle There are several “errors” of that kind, for example the inclusion of the Free City of Danzig, which was incorporated into Poland as the city of Gdańsk after the war. However I do think that to complain about that is missing the point slightly, as in 1946 the post-war political formations of Europe were in flux, and no one really knew what a stable post-war political order would look like. Hence the mapmakers have decided simply to use the 1938 information, the last time anyone could have been certain what European political formations were. I think this has value in itself, showing the prevailing uncertainty in Europe even post-Potsdam Conference. Cmao20 (talk) 12:05, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

• Sure, that's one way to see it. As far as I'm concerned, though, I don't think this map should ever have been published.--Peulle (talk) 12:52, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

• I agree that it was a very irresponsible teaching material, but the fact that it was nevertheless published makes it a very interesting historical curiosity. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:43, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

•  Strong support Per Cmao--Boothsift 18:17, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:48, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support.--Vulphere 16:03, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 02:34, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 07:54, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
•  Support per Cmao20 and Ikan. --Aristeas (talk) 07:11, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--A.Savin 14:06, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

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