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The Iraqi Republic under Abd al-Karim Qasim held an irredentist claim to Khuzestan. [98] It also held irredentist claims to Kuwait. [99] Saddam Hussein's government sought to annex several territories. In the Iran–Iraq War, Ba'athist Iraq claimed it had the right to hold sovereignty to the east bank of the Shatt al-Arab river held by Iran. [96]
A closely related explanation argues that national identities based primarily on ethnicity, culture, and history increase irredentist tendencies. Another approach is to explain irredentism as an attempt to increase power and wealth. In this regard, it is argued that irredentist claims are more likely if the neighboring territory is relatively rich.
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United Nations list of non-self-governing territories; European Free Alliance, political forum that consists of various regionalist, separatist and ethnic minority political parties in Europe
A German map produced after the defeat of Poland in 1939 calling for German-descendant settlers in eastern Europe to return to the Warthegau By 1942, Hitler's empire encompassed much of Europe, but the territories annexed lacked population desired by the Nazis. [ 160 ]
Topographical map of Europe: the Nazi Party declared support for Drang nach Osten (expansion of Germany east to the Ural Mountains), that is shown on the upper right side of the map as a brown diagonal line. The Nazis obsession with food production was a consequence of the First World War.
This is a list article, not a thesis. It is supposed to summarise irredentist claims/disputes very briefly. As it stands, there is too much information in this article, and the "list" element seems to have been totally removed recently. • I also preferred the system whereby irredentist claims/disputes were indicated by flags, rather than by maps.