World maps by year · AD 1939
World map in AD 1939
193 polities have borders on the map in AD 1939. Open AD 1939 on the interactive map →
Changes since AD 1930
New on the map (17): Aden Colony, British Burma, Canada, Commission Government of Newfoundland, Commonwealth of the Philippines, Empire of Japan (1931-1945), Haiti, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq, Iran, Ireland, Italian East Africa, Italian Libya, Italian protectorate of Albania, Manchukuo, Saudi Arabia, Slovak Republic, Thailand
No longer on the map (21): Persia, Dominion of Canada, Siam, Ethiopian Empire, Italian Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, French Upper Volta, US Philippines, Italian Cyrenaica, Italian Tripolitania, US Occupation of Haiti, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Free City of Danzig, Mandatory Iraq, Jabal al-Druze, Irish Free State, Poland, Alawite State, Empire of Japan (1925-1931), Albanian Kingdom
States and empires in AD 1939
- Aden Colony
- Aden Protectorate
- Andorra
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
- Argentina
- Ashanti Colony
- Australia
- Bechuanaland Protectorate
- Belgian Congo
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- British Burma
- British Cameroons
- British Ceylon
- British Cyprus
- British Guiana
- British Honduras Colony
- British Hong Kong
- British Kenya
- British Leased Liugong Island
- British Mauritius
- British Protectorate of Brunei
- British Protectorate of Sarawak
- British Raj
- British Solomon Islands Protectorate
- British Somaliland
- British Togoland
- British Western Pacific Territories
- British Windward Islands
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
- Colony of Barbados
- Colony of Basutoland
- Colony of Bermuda
- Colony of Fiji
- Colony of French Guiana
- Colony of Guadelupe
- Colony of Jamaica
- Colony of Madagascar and Dependencies
- Colony of Middle Congo
- Colony of Mozambique
- Colony of Seychelles
- Colony of the Bahamas
- Colony of the Rio de Oro
- Colony of the Straits Settlement
- Commission Government of Newfoundland
- Commonwealth of the Philippines
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Crown Colony of Malta
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Dominion of New Zealand
- Dominion of Newfoundland
- Dutch East Indies
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Emirate of Transjordan
- Empire of Japan (1931-1945)
- Estonia
- Federated Malay States
- French Algeria
- French Cameroon
- French Chad
- French Equatorial Africa
- French Establishments in Oceania
- French Gabon
- French protectorate in Morocco
- French protectorate of Tunisia
- French Republic
- French Somaliland
- French West Africa
- Gambia Colony and Protectorate
- German Reich
- Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
- Gold Coast Colony
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Haiti
- Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq
- Honduras
- Indochinese Union
- Iran
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Italian East Africa
- Italian Islands of the Aegean
- Italian Libya
- Italian protectorate of Albania
- Italy
- Jersey
- Johore Protectorate
- Kedah Protectorate
- Kelantan Protectorate
- Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Kingdom of Iceland
- Kingdom of Romania
- Kingdom of Sine
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Kingdom of Travancore
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Kwangchowan
- La Réunion
- Latvia
- Lebanese Republic
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Maldives Protectorate
- Manchukuo
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Nauru
- Nepal
- New Caledonia
- New Hebrides / Nouvelles-Hébrides
- Nicaragua
- North Borneo
- Northern Rhodesia
- Northern Territories
- Norway
- Nyasaland Protectorate
- Palestine Mandate
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Perlis Protectorate
- Peru
- Pitcairn Islands
- Portugal
- Portuguese Angola
- Portuguese Goa
- Portuguese Guinea
- Portuguese India
- Portuguese Macau
- Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
- Portuguese Timor
- Protectorate of Bahrain
- Protectorate of Cabinda
- Protectorate of Kenya
- Protectorate of Kuwait
- Protectorate of Qatar
- Protectorate of Tonga
- Protectorate of Uganda
- Ruanda-Urundi
- Saguia el-Hamra
- Saint Helena Crown Colony
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Sierra Leone Protectorate
- Slovak Republic
- Southern Rhodesia
- Soviet Union
- Spain
- Spanish protectorate in Morocco
- Spanish Territories on the Gulf of Guinea
- Sultanate of Lahej
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Swaziland Protectorate
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Republic
- Tanganyika Territory
- Tangier International Zone
- Territory of Ifni
- Territory of Western Samoa
- Thailand
- Tibet
- Trengganu Protectorate
- Trinidad and Tobago Colony
- Trucial States
- Tsardom of Bulgaria
- Turkey
- Tuvan People's Republic
- Ubangi-Shari-Chad
- Union of South Africa
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States of Venezuela
- Uruguay
- Wallis and Futuna Colony
- Zanzibar Protectorate
Battles, AD 1939
- Battle of Wizna · AD 1939· map
- Battle of Changsha · AD 1939· map
- Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski · AD 1939· map
- Baltic Sea campaigns · AD 1939· map
- Battle of Petsamo · AD 1939· map
- Battle of Łódź · AD 1939· map
- Battle of Lwów · AD 1939· map
- Battle of Mikołów · AD 1939· map
- Battle of Pszczyna · AD 1939· map
- Battle of Cześniki · AD 1939· map
- Battles of Parczew, Jabłoń and Milanów · AD 1939· map
- Siege of Sochaczew · AD 1939· map
- Shelling of Bytom · AD 1939· map
- Battle of Czajánek's barracks · AD 1939.202· map
- Battle of Nanchang · AD 1939.355· map
- Battles of Khalkhin Gol · AD 1939.361· map
- Battle of Nomonhan · AD 1939.361· map
- Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang · AD 1939.396· map
- Battle of Bielsa pocket · AD 1939.455· map
- Battle of Mława · AD 1939.667· map
- Charge at Krojanty · AD 1939.667· map
- Battle of Westerplatte · AD 1939.667· map
- Defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig · AD 1939.667· map
- Battle of Jordanów · AD 1939.667· map
- Battle of Chojnice · AD 1939.667· map
- Battle of Grudziądz · AD 1939.667· map
- Battle of Mokra · AD 1939.667· map
- Battle of Węgierska Górka · AD 1939.667· map
- Battle of Częstochowa · AD 1939.667· map
- Defense of the Coast of Poland in the September Campaign · AD 1939.667· map
- Battle of Wolą Wodyńską · AD 1939.667· map
- Battle of Borowa Góra · AD 1939.669· map
- Battle of Bukowiec · AD 1939.672· map
- Defense of Katowice · AD 1939.672· map
- Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski · AD 1939.675· map
- Battle of Różan · AD 1939.675· map
- Battle of Tuchola Forest · AD 1939.678· map
- Battle of Barking Creek · AD 1939.68· map
- Battle of Pułtusk · AD 1939.68· map
- Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki · AD 1939.68· map
- Battle of Krasną · AD 1939.68· map
- Battle of Łomża · AD 1939.683· map
- Siege of Warsaw · AD 1939.686· map
- Battle of Radom · AD 1939.686· map
- Battle of Wola Cyrusowa · AD 1939.686· map
- Siege of Gdynia · AD 1939.686· map
- Battle of Odrzywoł · AD 1939.686· map
- Defense of Ochota and Wola (1939) · AD 1939.686· map
- Battle of the Bzura · AD 1939.689· map
- Battle of Kampinos Forest · AD 1939.689· map
- Battle of Hel · AD 1939.689· map
- Battle of Kępa Oksywska · AD 1939.691· map
- Battle of Jarosław · AD 1939.691· map
- Battle of Mrogą · AD 1939.691· map
- Trip to Wawrzyszew · AD 1939.691· map
- Battle of Kałuszyn · AD 1939.694· map
- Battle of Przemyśl · AD 1939.694· map
- Raid on Okęcie and Załuski · AD 1939.697· map
- Battle of Modlin · AD 1939.7· map
- Battle of Brześć Litewski · AD 1939.702· map
- Battle of Kobryń · AD 1939.702· map
- Battle of Jaworow · AD 1939.702· map
- Battle of Boratycze · AD 1939.702· map
- Battle of Biłgorajem · AD 1939.708· map
- Battle of Wilno · AD 1939.713· map
- Battle of Wólka Węglowa · AD 1939.716· map
- Battle of Grodno · AD 1939.719· map
- Battle of Kamionka Strumiłowa · AD 1939.721· map
- Battle of Łomianki · AD 1939.724· map
- Battle of Krasnobród · AD 1939.727· map
- Skirmish near Kalety · AD 1939.727· map
- Battle of Husynne · AD 1939.73· map
- Battle of Rawa Ruska · AD 1939.73· map
- Battle of Władypol · AD 1939.738· map
- Battle of Szack · AD 1939.741· map
- Battle of Wytyczno · AD 1939.75· map
- Battle of Kock · AD 1939.753· map
- Sinking of HMS Royal Oak · AD 1939.786· map
- Battle of South Guangxi · AD 1939.872· map
- Battle of Salla · AD 1939.913· map
- Battle of Taipale · AD 1939.93· map
- Battle of Suomussalmi · AD 1939.933· map
- Battle of Kollaa · AD 1939.933· map
- Battle of Varolampi Pond · AD 1939.941· map
- Battle of Tolvajärvi · AD 1939.947· map
- Battle of the River Plate · AD 1939.95· map
- Battle of the Heligoland Bight · AD 1939.963· map
- Battle of Summa · AD 1939.974· map
- Battle of Kelja · AD 1939.982· map
Significant earthquakes, AD 1939
- CHILLAN earthquake · AD 1939.066 · M8.3 · 30000 deaths
- CENTRTAL SULAWESI: KALO,LUWUK,SULA I earthquake · AD 1939.971 · M8
- SOLOMON ISLANDS earthquake · AD 1939.329 · M7.9
- ERZINCAN earthquake · AD 1939.985 · M7.8 · 32700 deaths
- BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND earthquake · AD 1939.079 · M7.7 · 5 deaths
- NORTH CENTRAL earthquake · AD 1939.297 · M7.4
- HONSHU: NW earthquake · AD 1939.333 · M7 · 27 deaths
- AFGHANISTAN earthquake · AD 1939.888 · M6.9
- ATLANTIC earthquake · AD 1939.353 · M6.7
- SEIKAIDO, JAPAN earthquake · AD 1939.219 · M6.6
- LUZON ISLAND, MINDOR ISLAND earthquake · AD 1939.347 · M6.5
- TURKEY earthquake · AD 1939.721 · M6.5 · 41 deaths
- ACCRA earthquake · AD 1939.474 · M6.4 · 22 deaths
- ERZINCAN earthquake · AD 1939.888 · M5.9 · 13 deaths
- SANTA CLARA earthquake · AD 1939.622 · M5.6
- YUNNAN PROVINCE earthquake · AD 1939.716 · M5.5 · 2 deaths
- TURKEY earthquake · AD 1939.003 · M5.3
- CALABRIA earthquake · AD 1939.071 ·
- POMACANCHI earthquake · AD 1939.48 · 37 deaths
- CHUQUIBAMBA earthquake · AD 1939.777 ·
10 witnessed meteorite falls were recorded in AD 1939.
Sources
Borders: OpenHistoricalMap contributors (CC0 1.0). Battles: Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Eruptions: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program. Earthquakes: NOAA NCEI. Conflict events: UCDP GED (CC BY 4.0). Meteorites: NASA/Meteoritical Society. Full citations.