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Date of establishment in exile Date of dissolution or return State controlling its claimed territory Notes Leaders Austrian Office: London: August 1941 May 1945 Nazi Germany: There was never an Austrian government-in-exile after the Anschluss, but London was the home of a 30,000-strong exile community. [1]
The Low Countries: Zhu Youlang (Yongli Emperor) Emperor of the Southern Ming: Southern Ming: 1661–1662† Burma: Govinda Manikya: Maharaja of Tripura: Twipra Kingdom: 1661–1667 Chittagong Hill Tracts Kingdom of Mrauk U: James II and VII: King of England and Ireland King of Scotland England Scotland Ireland: 1688–1701† France: Chakdor ...
This is a list of sovereign states in the 1940s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1940 and 31 December 1949. It contains 106 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty .
Governments in exile tend to occur during wartime occupation or in the aftermath of a civil war, revolution, or military coup. For example, during German expansion and advance in World War II, some European governments sought refuge in the United Kingdom, rather than face destruction at the hands of Nazi Germany.
During the later stages of World War II and the post-war period, Germans and Volksdeutsche fled and were expelled from various Eastern and Central European countries, including Czechoslovakia, and from the former German provinces of Lower and Upper Silesia, East Prussia, and the eastern parts of Brandenburg and Pomerania (Hinterpommern), which were annexed by Poland and the Soviet Union.
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Governments in exile operated under the assumption that they would one day return to their native country and regain power. Governments in exile existed because of the wartime occupation. During the German expansion of the Second World War , numerous European governments and monarchs were forced to seek refuge in the United Kingdom , rather ...
Below is a table showing the outbreak of wars between nations which occurred during World War II. Indicated are the dates (during the immediate build-up to, or during the course of, World War II), from which a de facto state of war existed between nations. The table shows both the "Initiator Nation(s)" and the nation at which the aggression was ...