European Boundary Changes from before World War II to the Early
Years of the Cold War
The map below shows the political boundaries changes from 1938 to 1948 in
Eastern Europe. These eastern European countries such as Poland that were
satellite states of the Soviet Union along with the Soviet Union were known
as the Eastern Bloc.
Note: SSRs are Soviet Socialist Republics and RSFSR is Russian Soviet
Federative Socialist Republic or more commonly Soviet Russia or simply
Russia. The SSRs and RSRSR together made up the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (USSR).
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Map from Wikimedia Commons ©2009 by User: Mosedschurte and licensed as CC BY-SA
3.0.
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Europe during the Cold War, 1949 - 1989
The map below shows alignments in Europe during the Cold War from 1949
to 1989 showing the Eastern and Western Blocs.
Map from Wikimedia Commons ©2009 by User: Goldsztajn and released into the public
domain.
Modern Europe - Political Boundaries as of 2008
The map below reminds you what Europe looks like today.
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Map is in the public domain as a work prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency of the
federal government. Scanned image provided by Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection,
University of Texas Libraries (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/)
Cold War around the Globe (1959)
The map below illustrates Cold-War alignments around the globe by the end
of the 1950s. Note the NATO and Warsaw Pact alliances.
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Map from Wikimedia Commons ©2006 by User: Clevelander and licensed under CC BY-SA
3.0.
NATO and Warsaw Pact 1970
Here are the NATO and Warsaw Pact members as of 1970.
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Map is in the public domain as a work prepared by the United States Department of the
Army and appearing in Nuclear Weapons and NATO: Analytical Survey of Literature by
United States, 1970. Scanned image provided by Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection,
University of Texas Libraries (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/)
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