Map Of Europe After Ww 2. Despite their wartime alliance, tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States and Great Britain intensified rapidly as the war came to a close and the leaders discussed what to do with Germany. Almost overnight, the country's entire western border splintered into independent nations.
Japan and its allies in dark red. Exactly three quarters of a century ago, this was the most important map in the world. Have students compare and contrast three maps of Europe from different times.
Almost overnight, the country's entire western border splintered into independent nations.
Blank World Map Worksheet Elegant World War Ii Blank Map Europe.
The aftermath of World War II was the beginning of a new era for all countries involved, defined by the decline of all European colonial empires and simultaneous rise of two superpowers; the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US). This map describes the division of Europe into two blocs and construction of the European Union during the Cold War. As the winds of the democratic revolution swept across Eastern Europe, Communist control breaks in the nation after nation.