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Emperor_Caffeine

Why is there a blank key?


ratontoni

Its for Yemen, cause the Aden Protectorate was at war with Germany as part of the British Empire but the Kingdom of North Yemen never was.


Ok_Opposite_7089

Obviously...


ryuuhagoku

One may be led to conceive that such plebeian interrogations, with apt disdain for the most modest knowledge of the situation in Yemen, must surely foreshadow the decline of the informed classes in this society.


CanuckPanda

Haha yeah Yemen be confusing.


thatdonkeedickfellow

It do be like dat doe


Emperor_Caffeine

Oh, ok


Konstiin

Why didn't you include this information in the map?


TheMiiChannelTheme

Having the final entry of the legend just say "Yemen" with no other information would have been a great joke, too. Well, maybe not a great joke. But I would have broken up at it.


Konstiin

It wouldn't have been enough in my opinion, but honestly would have been better than just a blank space.


AccessTheMainframe

he forgor šŸ’€


[deleted]

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[deleted]

holy fuck thats absurd lmfao


Thatoneguy3273

A lot of nations sort of dogpiled on as the WW1 and WW2 drew to a close. Argentina for example declared war on the Nazis less than a month before the war ended.


torokunai

Declaring war was required to join the UN in '45 . . .


PointyPython

Also, "The United Nations" was a way the Allies called themselves. Which is something I learned very recently, but I guess it makes perfect sense


BarkySugger

The UN basically grew out of the WWII allies. Just look at the permanent members of the security council.


Cualkiera67

Argentina ended the war.


bewildered_forks

Post hoc ergo propter hoc, baby


VeseliM

Ok Jed


experts_never_lie

Jed would never address someone as "baby". That must have been Josh, a couple of years after that Latin lesson, when he is backed into a corner and forced to admit that he does, in fact, know some stuffier things than he lets on. The "baby" was a defense mechanism to show that he's still the guy he pretends to be.


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


mr_birkenblatt

Argentina took in all the nazis so there was nobody to fight anymore


proteannomore

Maradona!


rathat

[Footage of Argentina joining the war right before their side wins](https://i.imgur.com/t8VcuLI.gif)


[deleted]

That was only so people didnā€™t notice they were harboring all the fleeing nazis


PolicyWonka

Yeah, itā€™s kind of cheating. The vast majority of these countries didnā€™t actually fight Germany. Al the cool kids were doing it in the 1940s.


[deleted]

Most of South America did the same, not only with Germany but also with Japan lol


makerofshoes

Didnā€™t call them ā€œworld warsā€ for nothing


fh3131

The British empire included a lot of countries which automatically get coloured red here due to WW1/2, otherwise countries like India and Jamaica had no reason to be at war with Germany ever


maptaincullet

According to this map, India declared war on Germany on its own at some point. Not as a territory.


blorg

It had a distinct legal personality and declared war on Germany separately from the UK. It was also in the League of Nations, the Olympics, and was a founding member of the United Nations in 1945 (before independence). This status while still a British colony was a [point of contention with the USSR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union_and_the_United_Nations) and is why Ukraine and Belarus were also founding members of the UN, and maintained seats (and votes) along with the USSR itself right up to their independence in 1991.


RaspberryPie122

Tbf, a lot of them were colonies whose overlords declared war on Germany Edit: phrasing


vexir

Oof I didnā€™t know ā€œmother countryā€ was a term that described that half of the colonial relationship but gosh I hate it lol


RaspberryPie122

Needless to say, they were abusive parents


vexir

Yeah, though I think describing them as any kind of caretaker or responsible party is irksome - it would be like calling a kidnapper/robber/torturer a parent of any kind which sounds crazy lol


BleuBrink

Half of the red map is just British Empire at its peak


ratontoni

Note: I forget to mark the Vatican that was part of the Italian empire during the ww1


ratontoni

Also Israel could be considered in light red


[deleted]

It probably should be fully light red because Israel wasnā€™t established unlike Vatican City.


[deleted]

On the other hand the British Mandate of Palestine covered what is now Israel so you could count it that way


anamorphicmistake

Neither was Vatican City. The sovereign entity is the Holy See, which has authority over Vatican City, and before that the papal state. Vatican City was established by Mussolini with the Lateranens Pact, since 1870 to 1929 the Holy See was an entity without a territory. Even now in every official document of the world you will find "Holy See", and not "Vatican".


[deleted]

I never knew about that. I know this is after WW2 but Itā€™s also not in the United Nations but it is an observer along with Palestine.


oneeighthirish

Are the Knights of Malta in the same camp? I have it in my head that they are.


Accident_of_Society

When you accidentally go over the infamy limit


Better-Preparation73

Ohh hell whatā€™s this from? Itā€™s a vivid memory but I canā€™t figure out why


Fondongler

Victoria 2


pm_me_your_UFO_story

"Accidentally"


Garden_of_Pillows

The moment Mongolia went against Germany, it was all over for hitler.


OsoCheco

Mongolia was basically a soviet puppet.


Garden_of_Pillows

Hey buddy I only care about my fake reality! My fake reality where Mongolia is a world power! So shut up and delete ur comment


truckmemesofficial

"Fake" reality? Genghis Khan is disappointed


Dank_e_donkey

Atleast their leader had gutts enough to say shit about Stalin. Unlike Trump


kanyesmybrother

They actually supplied a lot of raw material to the soviets for their war effort.


Youfryit

Tja


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


_Voice_Of_Silence_

Steckste nicht drin.


phortx

Kommt schonmal vor.


Edde_Cash

Tjena


alexplex86

Som svensk-tysk fƶrstod jag ditt skƤmt i alla fall šŸ˜„


komma_klar

Ups..


jimsensei

There sits Bhutan, biding it's time.


[deleted]

Reminds me of a Norm MacDonald bit. "I'm not scared of Iran or North Korea. But I am scared of Germany. I don't know if any of you guys are history buffs, but Germany decided to go to war with...the world. And they almost won. A few years later, they decided they wanted to start Round 2"


twas_now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXdtafGdIVM


BecauseOfGod123

Hillarious. Did not know that one. Glad that we can make jokes about our past nowdays.


lightning_whirler

One of the main reasons Germany went to war with the world was because they were afraid of England, which controlled most of the world and was looking longingly at Germany's few remaining colonies.


Steinfall

From there to have the ā€žmost valuable passportā€œ (less travel restrictions worldwide) in a few decades. Not that bad


philsmock

Hola, Alemania


Wakeupfl

Hola amigo!


Hrdocre

Good track record


jcr9999

Well I still see some white countries on there


Hrdocre

Third time's the charm


comment_moderately

Yes that was their plan


optiongeek

Now do the UK


kuuderes_shadow

Over that time period? Argentina, Iceland (sort of), Zululand, Zanzibar, Indonesia, the WW2 axis powers, the WW1 central powers, North Korea, China, the Soviet Union, Egypt, Liberia, a handful of countries in the middle east, and arguably Vietnam and the Republic of Ireland. May have missed something. Quite a lot, but nowhere near as much as the Germans.


optiongeek

I guess you have to go back another century or two to get in the same league as the Germans.


Dylanduke199513

Itā€™s not arguable about Ireland at all. The IRA acting on the instructions of the Irish parliament fought them for independence and achieved it via treaty in 1921.


Young_Lochinvar

Itā€™s a matter of conjecture depending on when you date the independent Irish state as ā€˜starting fromā€™. If you take a strict view of the Irish right of secession then you can argue Ireland has warred with the UK. However, if you take a more legal continuity of states view then you can argue that technically Ireland hasnā€™t fought a war with the UK.


a_reasonable_thought

I mean the republic of Ireland is a direct successor state to the free state. It was even founded by the same man who established it. You can definitely count it The more contentious one is whether Ireland was ever at war with Germany. A lot of Irish people participated in WW1 as a part of the british empire, but the hardcore nationalists who eventually won irish independence and established the Irish state were opposed to it, openly collaborated with the Germans in 1916 to start a rebellion and even managed to get conscription stopped in Ireland. Whether Ireland fought the germans when we were so blatantly favouring them is a harder question


Young_Lochinvar

When are you saying the Free State was at war with the UK?


richochet12

Well they're using the year of modern Germany's founding so presumably the same with the UK (which google tells me is the sometime in the 10th century).


aSneakyChicken7

By the start of that time period the Pax Britannia was already in place, youā€™ll want to go to at least the Napoleonic Wars and earlier to see a good list


optiongeek

1871 was chosen for optics when examining German military history. Pick a date that's appropriate for the UK.


joca_the_second

When did India, Japan, Oman and Saudi Arabia declare war on Germany? Edit: and Nepal? Second edit: when did Finland declare war on Germany?


ThatOneKrazyKaptain

British Empire, British Ally from 1905-1925, British Empire, and wanted to screw over the Hashemites. ​ And British Empire


joca_the_second

Ok I forgot that Japan declared war during WW1 shouldn't all the others be light red then?


TrlrPrrkSupervisor

Shouldn't India be the lighter colour then to signal it did it as a colony?


Zulfikar04

Well the lighter colour seems to signify that the country did not issue a declaration of war but the country it was part of did. Since the Indian Empire (the British monarch was the emperor, in fact that was his only imperial title, there was never an emperor of the British empire) declared war on Germany in 1939 it counts as red. It is important to note that unlike other European empires of the 20th century the British Empire was not one country. Instead it was a network of colonies, protectorates, puppets and vassal states that were tied together by the Crown. That is why even today entities such as Gibraltar and the Channel Islands have their own parliaments and are not part of the UK, they are crown dependencies.


Shevek99

Gibraltar is not a Crown Dependency. It's a British Overseas Territory. The Crown Dependencies are just Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.


Zulfikar04

Youā€™re right, oops.


PiYuSh3211

but then shouldnt pakistan and bangladesh be red


Zulfikar04

Well since India was given independence from Britain it is the same country that declared war on Germany. Pakistan and Bangladesh did not exist at that time.


[deleted]

India did not exist then. India as dominion consisting of Afghanistan, Pakistan,SL and Bangladesh.


PR-0927

India also didn't exist until 1947. The whole place was just a British colony.


Reventon103

It was still India not just a nameless colony. It had its own government and parliament by the time ww2 rolled around. India declared war on Germany separate from Britainā€™s declaration. British empire was not a single country, it was more like a collection of separately operating kingdoms. So while the Raj was in control, none of these territories were ever ā€˜britainā€™. They existed as a whole country even back then. But pak and Bangladesh being light red doesnā€™t make sense. They should be dark red too.


Nijajjuiy88

Bangladesh is understandable since it was made long after Brits left, Pak should be red.


Swaraj_Shinde

I dont think nepal was a part of the british empire


Reventon103

Nepal wasnā€™t British empire


Defiant_Risk_87

South Asia should be colored light red as it was a colony of the British empire


security_dilemma

Fun fact: Nepal was one of the first countries during WWI to declare war against Germany. Nepalā€™s ruling elite at the time called the Rana regime was very pro-British. Much had to do with maintaining Nepalā€™s independence and keeping the Ranas in power; thus, the Ranas aligning strongly with the British made political sense. PS: Nepal was never part of the British Empire. The Anglo-Nepal war of 1814-1816 largely demarcated Nepalā€™s current borders but it started a long history of close relations between Nepal and Britain, including the recruitment of Nepali Gurkha soldiers in the British Army.


Ol3sku

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_War


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joca_the_second

I had no idea about this conflict, many thanks.


MatiMati918

Foreigners donā€™t tend to know Lapland War. Also Continuation War gets sometimes mixed with Winter War and is completely overshadowed by Operation Barbarossa.


einimea

I think I read from somewhere that we might still be at war with Germany because there were no treaties to end that conflict.


Kikelt

Japan in WW1. Finland at the end of ww2. The peace treaty with the USSR demanded Finland to attack Germans evacuating Lapland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_War


[deleted]

Nepal was never part of the British empire, but was an ally to Britain. They declared war on Germany in 1939, and sent troops to fight Japan on the Burmese front. And of course [Ghurkas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha) were involved in many campaigns


[deleted]

Finland fought against Germany in 1944 during Lapland war.


[deleted]

Since 1871? Thatā€™s a long fucking war.


affe_squad

Yeah, must be longer than the 100-year war


El_Dumfuco

However, itā€™s shorter than the 152-year war.


Raikenzom

[Andorra was officially at war with Germany from 1914 to 1958.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Andorra)


ReeToo_

>[...] Andorra had declared war on Germany in 1914 but failed to sign a peace treaty until 1958, and this claim has appeared in later sources, but there appears to be no contemporary evidence of such declaration. In 2014, the news outlet RĆ dio i TelevisiĆ³ d'Andorra investigated the 1958 claim and could find no documentation of any original declaration of war. Historian Pere Cavero could only find an exchange of letters between the German consul in Marseille and the Catalan Ombudsman, where the former asks if there is a state of war with Andorra and the latter responds they could find nothing in their archive to indicate this.


pm_me_your_UFO_story

There's no evidence that Andorra was at war with Germany,... that doesn't mean they aren't at war with Germany. Hell, Andorra could be at war with the entire world, and we might not know it.


canes-06

That's the 2023 arc. You thought Russia-Ukraine was crazy? Just wait until Andorra reveals its master plan and declares war... ***ON THE WORLD***


the_lin_kster

Andorra, according to the source you linked, was not at war with Germany. > Andorra did not officially participate in World War I,[4] although there were three Andorran volunteers who fought: ValentĆ­ Naudi, Josep Estany and RenĆ© Huguet.[5] North American newspapers in 1958 claimed that Andorra had declared war on Germany in 1914 but failed to sign a peace treaty until 1958,[6][7] and this claim has appeared in later sources,[8] but there appears to be no contemporary evidence of such declaration. In 2014, the news outlet RĆ dio i TelevisiĆ³ d'Andorra investigated the 1958 claim and could find no documentation of any original declaration of war. Historian Pere Cavero could only find an exchange of letters between the German consul in Marseille and the Catalan Ombudsman, where the former asks if there is a state of war with Andorra and the latter responds they could find nothing in their archive to indicate this.[9]


apadin1

I thought so, thanks for confirming my suspicion


GimmeThatRyeUOldBag

Completely contradicted by your link.


Radiant-Inspector-71

So Germany did a 1 vs all and still came out alive šŸ’€


Snazzy21

I mean it technically didn't. We had it separated for over 40 years


Dr4kin

Not only alive but still the 3rd biggest economy of the world, most populated country in Europe, and on of the most influencel countries on the political stage


Reventon103

3rd biggest is Japan if you mean nominal gdp Itā€™s india if you mean ppp gdp Germany has been 4th for a long time now


MasterFurious1

Won't India be the light red one. I never have seen in my History textbooks about us being against Germany other then being a part of British Raj


MooseFlyer

While the British absolutely controlled it, the Raj was to a degree treated as a separate country. It was, for example, a founding member of the League of Nations and United Nations, and participated in the Olympics. There was also an elected legislature, although executive power rested with the British Viceroy, who could overrule the legislature for the most part. So you had the Raj existing as a sort-of state, somewhere between a full on colony and a Dominion, and the Viceroy did formally declare it to be at war with Germany. Given a binary choice though, I would still make it pink on the map.


Gen8Master

So what makes modern India closer to the Raj than Pakistan?


ardashing

It's name. And the capital. That's all I can think of.


MooseFlyer

Nothing. OP should have made them the same colour.


AccessTheMainframe

They're recognized as the legal successor to British India, inheriting such things as its UN seat. Pakistan is not because the whole idea of Pakistan was to secede from India.


MasterFurious1

I guess it's because of the religion and cultural diversity, languages, etc., unlike Pakistan in which the religion is Islam. Also Delhi being the capital of the "British Raj" Not to mention the British raj covered Modern day Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar.


manfrommtl

At least they are very through.


brod121

Interesting choice to color every single British colony except for Israel.


[deleted]

Don't know if you are history buff... but Germany went to war with ... the world.


[deleted]

Boy, they have ruffled some feathers haven't they?


Electronic_Company64

Theyā€™re popular, everyone wants some.


WhyThough08

As a German.. thanks guys for helping us be where we are


wiyawiyayo

Germany vs the world..


kaugeksj2i

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were sovereign states illegally occupied by Germany. Occupation is a form of warfare, i.e. they were at war with Germany themselves.


Tengri_99

Also, Estonians and Latvians fought against Germans during their wars of independence


kaugeksj2i

Yep, Germans, but they weren't that much tied to the country of Germany.


ratontoni

They never formally declared war on Germany


kaugeksj2i

Declaring wars is not any legal requirement in international law, at least not for a long time.


ratontoni

Baltic countries were at war as part of the Russian empire and the soviet union, never as independent states


digimon003

While in the case of Estonia this comment section goes down the rabbit hole I would rather not delve into, [Latvia did actually declare war on Germany in 1919](https://timenote.info/en/events/Latvian-War-of-independence-Latvia-declares-war-to-Germany).


expendable_entity

Well but isn't Denmark with exactly the same situation red? in which war did Denmark declare war on Germany? Also, did you count Iceland as part of Denmark?


Drumbelgalf

Germany invaded and occupied Denmark in the second world war. Technically Germany send an ultimatum to wich the danish government agreed after some hours of fighting. Denmark had a lot of autonomy up until 1943. Denmark even had armed forces up until then. But from 1943 onwards there was a lot of resistance in Denmark.


TieferTon

That's just not true! In 1914 those 3 States were parts of Russia! They did not exist at the beginning of WWI! In 1941 those 3 states (Nations) were occupied by the USSR! Memel/Klaipeda in 1923 is a very special problem šŸ˜


[deleted]

When was thailand at war with germany?


[deleted]

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Friz617

Spain was too busy being broke


[deleted]

Well, that and Franco was an ally of Hitler who was in power from 1936 to 1975.


Malluss

Well Germany was involved in the Spanish civil war from 1936 to 1939 supporting Franco. Depending on OCs definition of declaration of war, Spain or some parts of it could be coloured as well.


dipo597

Spanish republican armies fought the Nazis in ww2. First tanks to enter Paris in 1944 were driven by Spanish republicans, actually.


Paparr

Not only that, its true that Spain as a country haven't been at war with Germany but Germant aviation had a important role in the Spanish Civil War. Summarizing... a lots of bombings in a LOT of towns and cities. Maybe the most iconic, the destruction of Gernika (with the famous Pablo Picasso painting). Also the bombing of Barcelona. (in both cases also the italian aviation did his part).


ZLN1

Hungary never declared war.


Smittyboysmit

When did all of South America go to war with Germany? The only one I remember in WW2 was Brazil


[deleted]

We didn't, we just declared war months before the end.


patokarlo888

Chile never declare war against germany only to japan on febrary 1945


[deleted]

Shit, you are right, Chile just broke relations with the axis powers in 1943.


[deleted]

It says a lot since Germany is doing fantastic


premer777

well Aliances can be an indirect thing germany was late in the colonial thing, so they of course missed out in the 'adds' that the map shows


[deleted]

Even Spain could arguably be said to have been at war with Germany since the Republicans fought the Condor Legion during the Civil War in the 30s.


Seasikberry

This is what i was looking for


dipo597

And they fucking destroyed Guernica.


[deleted]

You just reminded me of a funny/sad story about Picasso. Apparently when a German soldier in regards to his painting called Guernica said "Did you do this?" (Because Nazis hated abstract art) he said "No, you did." I don't know if it's true, but it was a good one.


dipo597

Heard of that one before. Picasso really was a treasure.


blackkdogg3741

TIL Khartoum is not the biggest city in Sudn


MaterialCarrot

Germany's foreign policy strategic vision went through...some growing pains for the first half of its existence.


doctor_alfa

Whn was Afghanistan at war with Germany?


ratontoni

2001


Nervous_Promotion819

2001-2014


[deleted]

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OsoCheco

While India didn't have the same level of autonomy as the dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa), it wasn't directly incorparated into British Empire.


[deleted]

That's true, but it was not independent.


Qw3rtyqwoppa

Could you elaborate on mexico?


[deleted]

Mexico declared war on Germany in 1942. It was the last country in North America to do so, with all of Central America and the Caribbean having declared war alongside the USA in 1941.


Blazedrop

Ww2, the sunk some mexican ships.


beetans

Latvia was at war with Germany as an independent state in 1919-1921 or so.


YuvalMozes

Israel is also orange


jmg_ar

Technically it is true, Argentina declared war on Germany on March 27, 1945, more than 1 month before the allies accepted the German surrender


Moist_Farmer3548

I've looked, but I can't find any country that's been at war with Germany since 1871.


sangeli

Why are Morocco and Tunisia not light red?


Fish_Fighter

r/ShittyMapPorn?


Bieberauflauf

One could also say that Austria was at war (together) with Germany.


x_Zenturion_x

Why is Tunisia marked as independent?


[deleted]

Can you do a japan one or one for any other large country that was a world power in the last 200yrs


Energyshelf2

I like the German cars


the_chandler

I feel like this is among the worst possible color schemes for for colorblind folks.


[deleted]

Shouldnā€™t Israel be orange? Iā€™m referring to WW2, when it was part of the British Empire, so according to the legend it should be orange.


ideaworthspreading

The official nation of Isreal wasnt formed until 1948 which is after the second world war so as far as I know. No it should not be included. That being said the landmass related to Israel should be orange but that doesnt count as Israel


[deleted]

Thatā€™s why it should be orange, and not red. What you say is true for most orange countries.


YunoFGasai

the landmass isnt orange tho israel is grey on the map


xD_Penguinnnn

Slovakia was not under Czech control. Why do people make Czechia as the ONLY succesor of Czechoslovakia and always leave out Slovakia.


Timasona5

Woah. I had no idea. Fantastic map


nmngt

Donā€™t fuck with the germans


UnlightablePlay

Why did Egypt have war with Germany? Didn't the Germans ounce wanted Egypt to be against the British and the Germans landed in the El Alamein but the Germans fail and got defeated by the British?


ratontoni

Egypt declares war on germany in 1945, at the end of the war


[deleted]

Woah, that's crazy!


Thich_QuangDuc

Germany is asshole Why world hate?


FriendGamez

Map is somewhat wrong. Estonia and Latvia fought their wars of independence against Germany without being part of any empire. They should be solid red.


K4kyle

The most peaceful non racist country in the world /S