Here’s a breakdown of what each map shows:
Map 1: “When was each European country last invaded?”
- 2001-Present
- 1945-2000
- United Kingdom: 1982 (Falklands War)
- Spain: 1975
- Cyprus: 1974
- Czech Republic / Slovakia: 1968
- Portugal: 1961
- Netherlands: 1961
- Hungary: 1956
- 1939-1945 (WW2)
- Germany: 1945
- Austria: 1945
- Bulgaria: 1945
- Romania: 1944
- Italy: 1943
- Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo (as part of Yugoslavia): 1941
- Greece: 1941
- Belarus: 1941
- Belgium: 1940
- Luxembourg: 1940
- France: 1940
- Denmark: 1940
- Norway: 1940
- Estonia: 1940
- Latvia: 1940
- Lithuania: 1940
- Iceland: 1940
- Poland: 1939
- Finland: 1939
- Albania: 1939
- 1901-1939
- Turkey: 1919
- Armenia: 1920
- Azerbaijan: 1920
- Before 1900
- Vatican: 1870
- Kazakhstan: 1847
- Sweden: 1808
- Switzerland: 1798
- Malta: 1798
- Ireland: 1649
Map 2: “Who was the most recent invader of each country?”
- Russia/USSR
- Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Austria, Sweden.
- Germany
- France, Belgium, Belarus, Denmark, Norway, Greece, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo (as part of Yugoslavia)
- Italy
- Albania and the Vatican
- Western Allies (WW2)
- Germany, Italy.
- England/UK
- Ireland, Iceland.
- Other
- Spain (Morocco), Portugal (India), UK (Argentina), Switzerland (France), Netherlands (Indonesia), Cyrpus (Turkey), Turkey (Greece), Russia (Ukraine).
Mike M says
The Falklands are not part of the UK (that’s just England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Island) – the UK has never been invaded by Argentina. The last invasion would, I think, have been in Wales by the French in the Napoleonic era.
Dominic Hooley says
If the designer of this map sincerely believes that the UK was invaded by Argentina, it makes the whole cartographic / historic exercise meaningless.
Vladimír Fuksa says
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_German_uprising_of_1953
ClydeV says
You might need to correct some of the many instances of 1945. I know for a fact for example, that Bulgaria was “liberated” i.e. invaded by the Soviet army in 1944. I think they also reached East Prussia in 1944, so Germany would need to be changed too. Otherwise a phenomenal job!
Julián García Sanz says
The last Spanish invasion was in 2002 when the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie landed on Perejil Island and occupied it until nine days later, when 23 Green Berets and five members of the Marine Infantry Special Operations Unit, aboard HT-27 ‘Cougar’ helicopters, recaptured it for Spain.
johnnie says
War in Yugoslavia in 1990s don’t count as invasion? Even after worldwide recognition of attacked countries?
Mammadov says
You forgot mentioning that Azerbaijan got invaded by Armenia in 1991-93