Diplomacy
Diplomacy
The network of relations between states on a chosen day: alliances, pacts, guarantees, states of war, armistices, recognition of governments. Each relation has a status: formal (a legal act), de facto (a state of affairs without a formal act) or disputed (not recognised by some states).
Relations in force 22 June 1940: 32 relations
- alliance
- state of war
- non-aggression pact
- guarantee
- armistice
- occupation
- de facto
- disputed
- Anglo-Portuguese AllianceallianceformalPortugal↔United Kingdom9 May 1386 – ongoing
Invoked in 1943 to grant the Allies bases in the Azores; Portugal otherwise neutral.
Anglo-Portuguese Alliance · Wikipedia (EN) - Franco-Polish allianceallianceformalFrance↔Poland19 Feb 1921 – 22 Jun 1940
Military convention of 1921; protocol of 4 September 1939. Lapsed with the French armistice.
Franco-Polish alliance (1921) · Wikipedia (EN) - Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; Slovak client stateoccupationformalGermany↔Czechoslovakia15 Mar 1939 – 9 May 1945
Government in exile recognised by Britain in July 1940.
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia · Wikipedia (EN) - Italian occupation of Albania (personal union)occupationformalItaly↔Albania7 Apr 1939 – 8 Sept 1943Italian invasion of Albania · Wikipedia (EN)
- British guarantee to GreeceguaranteeformalUnited Kingdom↔Greece13 Apr 1939 – 27 Oct 1940Anglo-French guarantees · Wikipedia (EN)
- British guarantee to RomaniaguaranteeformalUnited Kingdom↔Romania13 Apr 1939 – 1 Jul 1940
Renounced by Romania in July 1940.
Romania in World War II · Wikipedia (EN) - Pact of SteelallianceformalGermany↔Italy22 May 1939 – 8 Sept 1943
Military alliance; Italy entered the war only in June 1940. Ended by the Italian armistice.
Pact of Steel · Wikipedia (EN) - Molotov–Ribbentrop Pactnon-aggression pactformalGermany↔Soviet Union23 Aug 1939 – 21 Jun 1941
Non-aggression treaty with a secret protocol dividing Eastern Europe.
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact · Wikipedia (EN) - Anglo-Polish Agreement of Mutual AssistanceallianceformalUnited Kingdom↔Poland25 Aug 1939 – 5 Jul 1945
Britain withdrew recognition of the Polish government in exile on 5 July 1945.
Anglo-Polish alliance · Wikipedia (EN) - State of war Poland–Germanystate of warformalPoland↔Germany1 Sept 1939 – 8 May 1945Invasion of Poland · Wikipedia (EN)
- Anglo-French allianceallianceformalUnited Kingdom↔France3 Sept 1939 – 22 Jun 1940
Supreme War Council; ended by the French armistice.
Anglo-French Supreme War Council · Wikipedia (EN) - State of war Britain–Germanystate of warformalUnited Kingdom↔Germany3 Sept 1939 – 8 May 1945Declarations of war during World War II · Wikipedia (EN)
- State of war France–Germanystate of warformalFrance↔Germany3 Sept 1939 – 22 Jun 1940Battle of France · Wikipedia (EN)
- Soviet invasion — no declaration of warstate of warde factoPoland↔Soviet Union17 Sept 1939 – 29 Jul 1941
The USSR declared the Polish state non-existent; Poland did not declare war.
Soviet invasion of Poland · Wikipedia (EN) - Tripartite Treaty Turkey–Britain–FranceallianceformalTurkey↔United Kingdom19 Oct 1939 – 2 Sept 1945
Mutual assistance treaty; Turkey remained neutral until February 1945.
Turkey during World War II · Wikipedia (EN) - Moscow Peace TreatyarmisticeformalFinland↔Soviet Union13 Mar 1940 – 24 Jun 1941Moscow Peace Treaty · Wikipedia (EN)
- German occupation of Denmarkoccupationde factoGermany↔Denmark9 Apr 1940 – 5 May 1945
No state of war; Danish government functioned until August 1943.
German occupation of Denmark · Wikipedia (EN) - German occupation of Luxembourgoccupationde factoGermany↔Luxembourg10 May 1940 – 10 Sept 1944
De facto annexed in 1942.
German occupation of Luxembourg during World War II · Wikipedia (EN) - British occupation of Icelandoccupationde factoUnited Kingdom↔Iceland10 May 1940 – 7 Jul 1941
Unopposed; handed over to US forces in July 1941.
Invasion of Iceland · Wikipedia (EN) - German occupation of the Netherlandsoccupationde factoGermany↔Netherlands15 May 1940 – 5 May 1945German occupation of the Netherlands · Wikipedia (EN)
- Dutch government in exile allied with Britainalliancede factoUnited Kingdom↔Netherlands15 May 1940 – 5 May 1945Dutch government-in-exile · Wikipedia (EN)
- German occupation of Belgiumoccupationde factoGermany↔Belgium28 May 1940 – 4 Sept 1944German occupation of Belgium during World War II · Wikipedia (EN)
- State of war Britain–Italystate of warformalUnited Kingdom↔Italy10 Jun 1940 – 8 Sept 1943Armistice of Cassibile · Wikipedia (EN)
- State of war France–Italystate of warformalFrance↔Italy10 Jun 1940 – 24 Jun 1940
Armistice of Villa Incisa, 24 June 1940.
Italian invasion of France · Wikipedia (EN) - German occupation of Norwayoccupationde factoGermany↔Norway10 Jun 1940 – 8 May 1945
Government in exile in London remained at war.
Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany · Wikipedia (EN) - Norwegian government in exile allied with Britainalliancede factoUnited Kingdom↔Norway10 Jun 1940 – 8 May 1945Norwegian government-in-exile · Wikipedia (EN)
- Spanish non-belligerence aligned with the Axisalliancede factoSpain↔Germany12 Jun 1940 – 1 Oct 1943
Treaty of Friendship (1939); the Blue Division fought on the Eastern Front 1941–43; return to neutrality in October 1943.
Spain during World War II · Wikipedia (EN) - Soviet occupation and annexation of LithuaniaoccupationdisputedSoviet Union↔Lithuania15 Jun 1940 – 24 Jun 1941Occupation of the Baltic states · Wikipedia (EN)
- Soviet occupation and annexation of EstoniaoccupationdisputedSoviet Union↔Estonia17 Jun 1940 – 28 Aug 1941
Annexation not recognised by Britain and the USA.
Occupation of the Baltic states · Wikipedia (EN) - Soviet occupation and annexation of LatviaoccupationdisputedSoviet Union↔Latvia17 Jun 1940 – 10 Jul 1941Occupation of the Baltic states · Wikipedia (EN)
- Armistice of 22 June 1940 (Vichy)armisticeformalFrance↔Germany22 Jun 1940 – 25 Aug 1944
Formally the French State was not at war; Free French forces continued fighting.
Armistice of 22 June 1940 · Wikipedia (EN) - German occupation of Franceoccupationde factoGermany↔France22 Jun 1940 – 25 Aug 1944
Northern zone from June 1940; whole country from 11 November 1942.
German military administration in occupied France · Wikipedia (EN)
Lines join capitals and show the existence of a relation, not its geography. Data covers only the European states in the atlas; the USA and other non-European states are not nodes of the network.