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Sovereign states

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Andorra
Andorra
Argentina
Argentina
Australia
Australia
Belgium (until 17 May)
Belgium (until 17 May)
Bolivia
Bolivia
Brazil
Brazil
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Canada
Canada
Chile
Chile
China
China
Colombia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cuba
Denmark (until 9 April)
Denmark (until 9 April)
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Ecuador
Egypt
Egypt
El Salvador
El Salvador
Estonia (until 17 June)
Estonia (until 17 June)
Finland
Finland
France (until 10 July)
France (until 10 July)
Germany
Germany
Greece
Greece
Guatemala
Guatemala
Haiti
Haiti
Honduras
Honduras
Hungary
Hungary
Iceland
Iceland
Iran
Iran
Iraq
Iraq
Ireland
Ireland
Italy
Italy
Japan
Japan
Latvia (until 17 August)
Latvia (until 17 August)
Liberia
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
Lithuania (until 15 June)
Lithuania (until 15 June)
Luxembourg (until 10 May)
Luxembourg (until 10 May)
Mexico
Mexico
Monaco
Monaco
Mongolia (until 30 July)
Mongolia (until 30 July)
Mongolia (from 30 July)
Mongolia (from 30 July)
Nepal
Nepal
Netherlands (until 15 May)
Netherlands (until 15 May)
Newfoundland
Newfoundland
New Zealand
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Norway
Norway
Panama
Panama
Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay
Peru
Peru
Portugal
Portugal
Romania
Romania
San Marino
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Sikkim
Sikkim
South Africa
South Africa
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Spain
Spain
Sweden
Sweden
Switzerland
Switzerland
Thailand
Thailand
Tibet
Tibet
Tripura
Tripura
Turkey
Turkey
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United States
United States
Uruguay
Uruguay
Vatican City
Vatican City
Venezuela
Venezuela
Yemen
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia

Colonies, concessions, possessions, protectorates, mandates and territories

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Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)
Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)
Nauru (Australia)
Nauru (Australia)
New Guinea (Australia)
New Guinea (Australia)
Norfolk Island (Australia)
Norfolk Island (Australia)
Papua (Australia)
Papua (Australia)
Belgian Congo (Belgium)
Belgian Congo (Belgium)
Ruanda-Urundi (Belgium)
Ruanda-Urundi (Belgium)
Faroe Islands (until 25 April; Denmark)
Faroe Islands (until 25 April; Denmark)
Faroe Islands (25 April to 13 April; Denmark)
Faroe Islands (25 April to 13 April; Denmark)
Greenland (Denmark)
Greenland (Denmark)
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Egypt and United Kingdom)
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Egypt and United Kingdom)
Clipperton Island (Free France)
Clipperton Island (Free France)
French Cameroon (from August; Free France)
French Cameroon (from August; Free France)
French Equatorial Africa (from August; Free France)
French Equatorial Africa (from August; Free France)
French Gabon (from 12 November; Free France)
French Gabon (from 12 November; Free France)
French India (Free France)
French India (Free France)
French Oceania (Free France)
French Oceania (Free France)
New Caledonia (Free France)
New Caledonia (Free France)
New Hebrides (Free France)
New Hebrides (Free France)
French Cameroon (from 12 November to August; Vichy France)
French Cameroon (from 12 November to August; Vichy France)
French Equatorial Africa (from 12 November to August; Vichy France)
French Equatorial Africa (from 12 November to August; Vichy France)
French Gabon (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Gabon (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Guiana (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Guiana (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Indochina (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Indochina (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Madagascar (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Madagascar (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Morocco (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Morocco (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Somaliland (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Somaliland (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Tunisia (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French Tunisia (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French West Africa (from 12 November; Vichy France)
French West Africa (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Guadeloupe (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Guadeloupe (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Inini (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Inini (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Lebanon (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Lebanon (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Martinique (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Martinique (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Réunion (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Réunion (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Syria (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Syria (from 12 November; Vichy France)
Bohemia and Moravia (Germany)
Bohemia and Moravia (Germany)
Albania (Italy)
Albania (Italy)
Italian East Africa (Italy)
Italian East Africa (Italy)
Italian Libya (Italy)
Italian Libya (Italy)
Tientsin (Italy)
Tientsin (Italy)
Karafuto (Japan)
Karafuto (Japan)
Korea (Japan)
Korea (Japan)
Kwantung (Japan)
Kwantung (Japan)
South Seas Mandate (Japan)
South Seas Mandate (Japan)
Taiwan (Japan)
Taiwan (Japan)
Tientsin (Japan)
Tientsin (Japan)
Curaçao and Dependencies (Netherlands)
Curaçao and Dependencies (Netherlands)
Dutch East Indies (Netherlands)
Dutch East Indies (Netherlands)
Surinam (Netherlands)
Surinam (Netherlands)
Cook Islands (New Zealand)
Cook Islands (New Zealand)
Niue (New Zealand)
Niue (New Zealand)
Ross Dependency (New Zealand)
Ross Dependency (New Zealand)
Union Islands (New Zealand)
Union Islands (New Zealand)
Western Samoa (New Zealand)
Western Samoa (New Zealand)
Bouvet Island (Norway)
Bouvet Island (Norway)
Peter I Island (Norway)
Peter I Island (Norway)
Queen Maud Land (Norway)
Queen Maud Land (Norway)
Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Portugal)
Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Portugal)
Portuguese Cape Verde (Portugal)
Portuguese Cape Verde (Portugal)
Portuguese Macau (Portugal)
Portuguese Macau (Portugal)
Portuguese East Africa (Portugal)
Portuguese East Africa (Portugal)
Portuguese Guinea (Portugal)
Portuguese Guinea (Portugal)
Portuguese India (Portugal)
Portuguese India (Portugal)
Portuguese Timor (Portugal)
Portuguese Timor (Portugal)
Portuguese West Africa (Portugal)
Portuguese West Africa (Portugal)
Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal)
Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal)
South West Africa (South Africa)
South West Africa (South Africa)
Ifni (Spain)
Ifni (Spain)
Spanish Guinea (Spain)
Spanish Guinea (Spain)
Spanish Morocco (Spain)
Spanish Morocco (Spain)
Spanish Sahara (Spain)
Spanish Sahara (Spain)
Tangier (from 14 June; Spain)
Tangier (from 14 June; Spain)
Aden (United Kingdom)
Aden (United Kingdom)
Bahamas (United Kingdom)
Bahamas (United Kingdom)
Bahrain (United Kingdom)
Bahrain (United Kingdom)
Barbados (United Kingdom)
Barbados (United Kingdom)
Basutoland (United Kingdom)
Basutoland (United Kingdom)
Bechuanaland (United Kingdom)
Bechuanaland (United Kingdom)
Bermuda (United Kingdom)
Bermuda (United Kingdom)
Bhutan (United Kingdom)
Bhutan (United Kingdom)
British Cameroons (United Kingdom)
British Cameroons (United Kingdom)
British Guiana (United Kingdom)
British Guiana (United Kingdom)
British Honduras (United Kingdom)
British Honduras (United Kingdom)
British Leeward Islands (United Kingdom)
British Leeward Islands (United Kingdom)
British Somaliland (United Kingdom)
British Somaliland (United Kingdom)
British Togoland (United Kingdom)
British Togoland (United Kingdom)
British Western Pacific Territories (United Kingdom)
British Western Pacific Territories (United Kingdom)
British Windward Islands (United Kingdom)
British Windward Islands (United Kingdom)
Brunei (United Kingdom)
Brunei (United Kingdom)
Burma (United Kingdom)
Burma (United Kingdom)
Ceylon (United Kingdom)
Ceylon (United Kingdom)
Cyprus (United Kingdom)
Cyprus (United Kingdom)
Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)
Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)
Faroe Islands (from 10 April; United Kingdom)
Faroe Islands (from 10 April; United Kingdom)
Federated Malay States (United Kingdom)
Federated Malay States (United Kingdom)
Gambia (United Kingdom)
Gambia (United Kingdom)
Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
Gold Coast (United Kingdom)
Gold Coast (United Kingdom)
Guernsey (until 30 June; United Kingdom)
Guernsey (until 30 June; United Kingdom)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (United Kingdom)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (United Kingdom)
Hong Kong (United Kingdom)
Hong Kong (United Kingdom)
India (United Kingdom)
India (United Kingdom)
Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
Jamaica (United Kingdom)
Jamaica (United Kingdom)
Jersey (until 30 June; United Kingdom)
Jersey (until 30 June; United Kingdom)
Johor (United Kingdom)
Johor (United Kingdom)
Kedah (United Kingdom)
Kedah (United Kingdom)
Kelantan (United Kingdom)
Kelantan (United Kingdom)
Kenya (United Kingdom)
Kenya (United Kingdom)
Kuwait (until mid-1940; United Kingdom)
Kuwait (until mid-1940; United Kingdom)
Kuwait (from mid-1940; United Kingdom)
Kuwait (from mid-1940; United Kingdom)
Maldives (United Kingdom)
Maldives (United Kingdom)
Malta (United Kingdom)
Malta (United Kingdom)
Mauritius (United Kingdom)
Mauritius (United Kingdom)
Muscat and Oman (United Kingdom)
Muscat and Oman (United Kingdom)
Nigeria (United Kingdom)
Nigeria (United Kingdom)
North Borneo (United Kingdom)
North Borneo (United Kingdom)
Northern Rhodesia (United Kingdom)
Northern Rhodesia (United Kingdom)
Nyasaland (United Kingdom)
Nyasaland (United Kingdom)
Palestine (United Kingdom)
Palestine (United Kingdom)
Perlis (United Kingdom)
Perlis (United Kingdom)
Qatar (United Kingdom)
Qatar (United Kingdom)
Saint Helena and Dependencies (United Kingdom)
Saint Helena and Dependencies (United Kingdom)
Sarawak (United Kingdom)
Sarawak (United Kingdom)
Seychelles (United Kingdom)
Seychelles (United Kingdom)
Sierra Leone (United Kingdom)
Sierra Leone (United Kingdom)
Southern Rhodesia (United Kingdom)
Southern Rhodesia (United Kingdom)
Straits Settlements (United Kingdom)
Straits Settlements (United Kingdom)
Swaziland (United Kingdom)
Swaziland (United Kingdom)
Tanganyika (United Kingdom)
Tanganyika (United Kingdom)
Terengganu (United Kingdom)
Terengganu (United Kingdom)
Transjordan (United Kingdom)
Transjordan (United Kingdom)
Trinidad and Tobago (United Kingdom)
Trinidad and Tobago (United Kingdom)
Trucial States (United Kingdom)
Trucial States (United Kingdom)
Uganda (United Kingdom)
Uganda (United Kingdom)
Zanzibar (United Kingdom)
Zanzibar (United Kingdom)
Alaska (United States)
Alaska (United States)
American Samoa (United States)
American Samoa (United States)
Baker Island (United States)
Baker Island (United States)
Corn Islands (United States)
Corn Islands (United States)
Guam (United States)
Guam (United States)
Hawaii (United States)
Hawaii (United States)
Howland Island (United States)
Howland Island (United States)
Jarvis Island (United States)
Jarvis Island (United States)
Johnston Atoll (United States)
Johnston Atoll (United States)
Kingman Reef (United States)
Kingman Reef (United States)
Midway Atoll (United States)
Midway Atoll (United States)
Navassa Island (United States)
Navassa Island (United States)
Palmyra Atoll (United States)
Palmyra Atoll (United States)
Panama Canal Zone (United States)
Panama Canal Zone (United States)
Petrel Islands (United States)
Petrel Islands (United States)
Philippines (United States)
Philippines (United States)
Puerto Rico (United States)
Puerto Rico (United States)
Quita Sueno Bank (United States)
Quita Sueno Bank (United States)
Roncador Bank (United States)
Roncador Bank (United States)
Serrana Bank (United States)
Serrana Bank (United States)
Serranilla Bank (United States)
Serranilla Bank (United States)
Swan Islands (United States)
Swan Islands (United States)
United States Virgin Islands (United States)
United States Virgin Islands (United States)
Wake Island (United States)
Wake Island (United States)

Other entities

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Provisional Government of the Republic of China (until 30 March)
Provisional Government of the Republic of China (until 30 March)
Reformed Government of the Republic of China (until 30 March)
Reformed Government of the Republic of China (until 30 March)
Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China (from 30 March)
Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China (from 30 March)
Democratic Finland (from 12 March)
Democratic Finland (from 12 March)
Free France (from 18 June)
Free France (from 18 June)
Vichy France (from 22 June)
Vichy France (from 22 June)
Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
Manchukuo
Manchukuo
Mengjiang
Mengjiang
Slovakia
Slovakia
Tangier (until 14 June)
Tangier (until 14 June)
Tuva
Tuva