Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran (Operation Countenance) occurred in August 1941, during World War II.
The invasion was carried out jointly by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, aiming primarily to secure Iranian territory against Axis influence and protect critical supply routes.
Here’s a comprehensive overview:
The map above traces the origins of 4,000 of his daughter’s ancestors from Europe to Quebec in Canada from 1615 to 2025.
From the map’s author:
First off the data behind the map is solid as it comes directly from Gov.UK and Gov.Wales.
And while I’m not sure what the purpose of creating the map was, I do think it’s missing a bit of nuance (which to be fair to the map author is difficult to do on a single map).
Here’s a full list.
Timeline from the image:
The map above shows the share of babies born to unmarried mothers in each US state. The data comes from the Page 60: Table IV from the 2023 CDC National Vital Statistics Reports.
Here’s the data in more detail:
The maps on this page show where the Mafia operates in Italy including where different Mafia groups are strongest and weakest.
They all come from the The Transcrime report L’espansione ed il peso dell’economia criminale. Published 8 Novembre 2013.
Here are some more facts:
The data comes from Wikipedia which you can see below:
Here’s some stats on how they compared: