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Extension of the British Empire

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English: An anachronous map of the British Empire (showing its many forms of control). The colours in the map key are explained according to their related numbers as follows:
  • 1.Pink: colonies held by 1945
  • 2.Orange: Dominions
  • 3.Pink in Orange: colonies of Dominions
  • 4.Dark Red-Brown: areas lost by 1920
  • 5.Light pink: areas occupied in world war II *
  • 6.Purple: Princely States (in India) and other Protectorates
  • 7.Lavender: areas lost by 1705 (England only)
  • 8.Hachured: sphere of influence (click image for better resolution)
  • 9.Salmon: areas of defeated Axis occupied 1943-1955**154

Note * - as outlined in the article, these areas may or may not have been administered and some were administered or occupied subject to international agreements. Note **- In Italy, the occupation did not involve all of the coloured area at once, but temporary military government was established in those areas until the Italian King’s government could take over. Also note that the responsibility and chain of command of the occupation forces in the zone in Japan differed somewhat from the forces for the zones in Germany and Austria. The occupation zones are not considered as “British” territory, however they were fully administered through (and the responsibility of) British military governments, which had more control over these zones than Britain had over many of its protectorates. The dotted line running just west of the solid white-line borders of Egypt and Sudan with Libya represents the old border (before 1920).

For Cuba and Philippines, Havana and Manila (respectively) are coloured dark red-brown (for the period 1762-1763) although it is disputed whether the British only controlled the cities themselves or the entire territory during that time. For the Dominican Republic, only the city of Samana was occupied briefly in 1809. For Haiti (Saint-Domingue at the time), Britain appointed a Governor for St. Dominique (effectively annexing the colony), but were far from controlling the whole colony as is shown by the areas coloured dark red-brown (which were the only areas the controlled from 1793-1798).
Deutsch: Weltkarte zur Entwicklung des British Empire von 1762 bis 1948 und Englands von 1066 bis 1707

Im Folgenden die Erklärung der Farben:

  • 1. Rosa: Britische Kolonien bis 1945 (einzelne Kronkolonien, wie Gibraltar, die Falklandinseln und andere britische Überseegebiete, bestehen bis heute)
  • 2. Orange: Dominions (Australien, Kanada, Neuseeland, Südafrikanische Union, Irischer Freistaat bis 1937, Neufundland; siehe auch Commonwealth of Nations)
  • 3. Rosa in Orange: Kolonien von Dominions (v.a. in der Südsee und dem Indischen Ozean)
  • 4. Dunkles Rotbraun: bis 1920 wieder verlorene Gebiete
  • 5. Hellrosa: Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges besetzte Gebiete
  • 6. Violett: Protektorate (Ägypten, Aden, Oman, Malaya, Sarawak, Nordborneo u.a.) und Fürstenstaaten in Indien
  • 7. Violett gerahmt: Iran (brit. Protektorat von 1919 bis 1921)
  • 8. Lavendel: bis 1705 verlorene Gebiete, die zuvor englisch besetzt waren (Teile Frankreichs und der Niederlande)
  • 9. gestreift: Gebiete unter britischem Einfluss (Teile Chinas und der arabischen Halbinsel, Nepal, Tibet)
  • 10. Lachsrot: im Zuge des Zweiten Weltkrieges ab 1943 und noch bis 1955 besetzte Gebiete (siehe: Besatzungszone, Besetztes Nachkriegsösterreich)*

ad *: In Italien waren nicht die gesamten eingezeichneten Gebiete zur selben Zeit britisch besetzt. Eine temporäre Militärverwaltung wurde dort jeweils eingerichtet, bis die italienischem Behörden wieder die Verwaltung übernehmen konnten. Die Besatzungszonen in Italien, Deutschland, Österreich und Japan wurden insgesamt nicht als britisches Territorium angesehen, sondern unterstanden nur vorübergehend der britischen Militärverwaltung.

Die Punktelinie westlich der heutigen Westgrenzen Ägyptens und des Sudans zu Libyen weist auf den alten Grenzverlauf vor 1920 hin.

Havanna auf Kuba und Manila auf den Philippinen sind ohne die umliegenden Regionen gekennzeichnet, da der Status der Inseln umstritten ist; britische Kontrolle bestand in den Städten (1762-1763), aber nur teilweise in den Ländern selbst. Ebenso unterstand in der Dominikanischen Republik nur die Stadt Samaná für kurze Zeit (1809) britischer Oberhoheit. Nach Haiti, damals Saint-Domingue, wurde ein britischer Gouverneur entsandt und das Land praktisch annektiert (1793-1798), jedoch hatte Großbritannien nie die effektive Kontrolle über das gesamte Land.


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