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  2. Former eastern territories of Germany - Wikipedia

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    In present-day Germany, the former eastern territories of Germany (German: ehemalige deutsche Ostgebiete) refer to those territories east of the current eastern border of Germany, i.e. the Oder–Neisse line, which historically had been considered German and which were annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union after World War II.

  3. Recovered Territories - Wikipedia

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    Map showing Poland's borders pre-1938 and post-1945. The Eastern Borderlands is in gray while the Recovered Territories are in pink. Map showing German territorial losses of 1919 and 1945. 1919 losses are in yellow.

  4. Former countries in Europe after 1815 - Wikipedia

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    In 1816 Neutral Moresnet became a territory under common administration of the Netherlands and Prussia. The Netherlands were replaced by Belgium in 1830. After World War I in 1919 the territory was ceded to Belgium by Germany under Treaty of Versailles and formally annexed in 1920. Nakhchevan (Khanate) 1747 1828 Azerbaijan, Armenia

  5. Territorial changes of Poland immediately after World War II

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    After 1945, the former eastern territories of Germany were called Recovered Territories, while the term Kresy Zachodnie fell into disuse, though it was sometimes invoked to denote Polish claims to some East German territories such as Wolgast Pomerania, Milsko, Miśnia or Lausitz, raised typically only until early 1970s as counterclaims to ...

  6. List of former sovereign states - Wikipedia

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    Greater German Reich – Dissolved in 1945, its former territory now consists of the entirety of the countries of Austria and Germany, and parts of what is now Belarus, the Czech Republic, France, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Greece, Serbia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Slovenia.

  7. Territorial evolution of Germany - Wikipedia

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    Like the former eastern territories of Germany the Saar area was out of the jurisdiction of the Allied Control Council for Germany and thus not part of Allied-occupied Germany. However, unlike the eastern territories, the domestic Saar population was not expelled by the controlling French.

  8. File:Former German territories.svg - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of this picture is to show the lost German territories, after both World War I and World War II. ... the Byzantine or East(ern) Roman Empire today ...

  9. List of national border changes (1914–present) - Wikipedia

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    1939 September 26 — The Free City of Danzig and a large portion of Poland are annexed into Germany. The remainder of the territory occupied by Germany is reorganized under the General Government. 1939 November 26 — Germany grants Slovakia the territories lost in 1938 and 1920-1924 as a reward for their contribution in the Invasion of Poland ...