Former Border Sets of At Least Four Countries
The first two sets below include boundaries shared by former colonial empires (specifically territorial claims in South America, Africa, India, Europe, and the East and West Indies), and thus do not reflect continuous areas of land. In the third one it is referred to Nazi Germany after its annexation of Austria.
| Countries | From | To | Terminal Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| France, Dutch Republic, Spain, Portugal, Great Britain | 1704 | 1713 | Signing of the Treaty of Utrecht on 11 April 1713 |
| Belgium, Portugal, German Empire, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands | late 19th century | 1914 | Outbreak of World War I |
| France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland | 1938 | 1945 | The dissolution of Germany into allied occupation zones |
| Burma, China, India, Pakistan | 1947 | 1971 | Independence of Bangladesh |
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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it sets us apart,
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but from the visible
there is no escape.”
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“Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short- term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.”
—Nelson Mandela (b. 1918)