26 countries
Europe in 1914
Europe on the eve of the First World War
This is Europe in the summer of 1914, just before the Great War: four empires, the German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian and Ottoman, shared the centre and east of the continent, and many of today's countries did not exist yet.
- There was no Poland: its land was split between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia.
- Finland, the Baltic states, Belarus and most of Ukraine were part of the Russian Empire.
- Alsace and Lorraine had been German since 1871; Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and Transylvania were Austro-Hungarian.
- Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, and Iceland belonged to Denmark.
- Norway's capital was called Kristiania; Russia's was Saint Petersburg, and the Ottoman Empire's, Constantinople.
How it is made: the coasts are today's, and the borders follow today's divisions where they match those of the time and, where they do not, lines drawn by hand, good to about 10 km. Shapes: Natural Earth (public domain). Compare with today's Europe →
Facts: the map of Europe in 1914
- On the map
- 26 countries · 4 are so small they show as a dot (complete level)
- Northernmost capital
- Saint Petersburg (Russian Empire)
- Southernmost capital
- Athens (Greece)
- Most neighbours
- Austria-Hungary, France, and German Empire: 8
- No land border with another country on the map
- United Kingdom
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The countries of Europe in 1914
No flags or capitals: those are the answers!
- Albania
- Andorra
- Austria-Hungary
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Denmark
- France
- German Empire
- Greece
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Ottoman Empire
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russian Empire
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom