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Map of Europe in late 1945

An iron curtain descends · WW2

Europe in late 1945: An iron curtain descends. Since May 1945, 2 territories changed status on this map: Germany and Austria.

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Map of Europe in late 1945 (WW2): An iron curtain descends. Colours show Western Allies, Soviet Union. — LATE 1945 · THE WAR ROOM — WW2, 1936–1945

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Allied governments — zones of occupation and administration of Greater Berlin, 26 July 1945 · Cliopatria v0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · Regional history institute — Italian annexations of1941, Fiume province and Krk · Regional history institute — Morgan Line and Pola enclave,1945–1947 · IGM Fiume, 1:25,000, sheet53B II SE — boundary established in1924 · Natural Earth — physical reference geography · Yugoslavia (1929–1939) location map — international frontier and Adriatic coast · Treaty of Rome (1924), division of Fiume and west-bank boundary · National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia — Allied/Yugoslav presence and Morgan demarcation

Source details

Allied governments, 1945 protocol. Historical administrative facts consulted
Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY4.0 · Dated polity and constituent territory selections; campaign-dependent occupation overlays reconstructed separately.
Regional history institute — Italian annexations of1941, Fiume province and Krk. Historical geographic facts consulted; source prose and artwork not republished
Istituto regionale per la storia della Resistenza e dell’Età contemporanea nel Friuli Venezia Giulia. Independent geographic-fact reconstruction; original artwork not distributed
Istituto Geografico Militare, Fiume (printed1946; 1927 survey with1931–1940 updates), reproduced by Istituto regionale per la storia della Resistenza e dell’Età contemporanea nel Friuli Venezia Giulia. Independent reconstruction from graticule coordinates and boundary observations; archive page reserves artwork rights.. Geographical-fact reconstruction; original archive artwork not distributed
Natural Earth. Public domain
NordNordWest/Wikipedia. Converted from the published SVG to WGS84; eastern Italian regional territory extracted. Source cites Velhagen & Klasings Großer Volksatlas (1938).. CC BY-SA 3.0 Germany
1924 agreement interpreted alongside the regional history institute and City of Rijeka’s explanation of the Donja/Gornja Drenova division.. Historical geographic facts; citation only
National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia — Allied/Yugoslav presence and Morgan demarcation. Historical geographic facts consulted; source prose and artwork not republished

The earliest separately published East and West German outlines serve as regional geometry proxies for the German occupation zones. Berlin sector detail lies beyond the source’s resolution.

The June 1945 Morgan military demarcation and the separate Pola enclave are reconstructed from the published map. They show occupation areas, not a settlement of sovereignty.

proxy: 1949–1952 earliest distinct published EastGerman outline;1945 occupation reference · proxy: 1949–1952East /1950–1957West regional reference · proxy: Earliest separateBerlin enclave in1949 source;1945occupation chronology · reconstruction: 1945.75 · reconstruction: 1945–1945 · reconstruction: 1945–1957 · reconstruction: 1945–2023 · reconstruction: 1949–1952East /1950–1957West regional reference · vector: 1912–1955 · vector: 1936–1945 · vector: 1938–1972 · vector: 1939–2023 · vector: 1942–1945 · vector: 1943–1945 · vector: 1943–1946 · vector: 1944–1945 · vector: 1945–1945 · vector: 1945–2023

Layer records and reconstruction methods

What changes on the map

Germany	Defeated Axis (occupied) → Western Allies
Austria	Defeated Axis (occupied) → Western Allies

On the ground

Germany divided into Western and Soviet occupation zones

The chapters of this moment

CH 15 — Aftermath of WW2

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