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An anachronous map of the British Empire showing its greatest territorial extent and territories lost prior to that time. Red: territories lost by 1900. Pink: territories held by 1945. Light pink: territories occupied by the British during World War II. Lavender: territories lost by 1705 (for England only). Salmon: territories of the defeated axis occupied by Britain 1943-1955. Note that in Italy, the occupation did not involve all of the coloured area at once, but that 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 dotted line running just east of the solid white-line borders of Egypt and Sudan with Libya represents the new border as of 1920. Note also that for Cuba and the Philippines, the territories are outlined in red since Britain may have either occupied the whole of the territories or only their main cities (Havana and Manila respectively, which are coloured solid red) during the period 1762-1763. Also for the Dominican Republic, only the city of Samana was occupied briefly in 1809. For Haiti (St. Dominique 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 solid red (which were the only areas the controlled from 1793-1798).
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