Three Baltic countries, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia came into existence after World War I. However, these were not part of the post-war treaties.
Instead, each country used the chaos following the Russian Revolution and end of World War I to declare independence.
Stalin annexed these countries in 1940 following the outbreak of World War II. They remained part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991, when the Baltic nations once again became independent.
Several of these border changes were issues leading up to World War II. Many ethnic Germans ended up within Czechoslovakia in an area called the Sudetenland.
Hitler used this as a pretense to invade Poland in 1939, starting World War II. Africa.
Most did not achieve independence until after World War II. Asia.
The cataclysm of World War I greatly shaped the borders of the world today.
https://www.realclearhistory.com/articles/2018/11/29/how_world_war_i_changed_map_of_the_world_389.html
Instead, each country used the chaos following the Russian Revolution and end of World War I to declare independence.
Stalin annexed these countries in 1940 following the outbreak of World War II. They remained part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991, when the Baltic nations once again became independent.
Several of these border changes were issues leading up to World War II. Many ethnic Germans ended up within Czechoslovakia in an area called the Sudetenland.
Hitler used this as a pretense to invade Poland in 1939, starting World War II. Africa.
Most did not achieve independence until after World War II. Asia.
The cataclysm of World War I greatly shaped the borders of the world today.
https://www.realclearhistory.com/articles/2018/11/29/how_world_war_i_changed_map_of_the_world_389.html
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