List of sovereign states in 1942

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This is a list of every sovereign state that existed in the year 1942 AD and their capitals. It includes not only those states which had widespread international recognition, but also those states which were generally unrecognized. In addition, it includes all non-sovereign territories which were not integral parts of sovereign states.

Contents:	Sovereign states: A B C D E F G H I J L M N P R S T U V Y Occupied states Other states Non-Sovereign Territories: Australia - Belgium - Condominiums - Denmark - France - Germany - Italy - Japan - League of Nations - Netherlands - New Zealand - Portugal - Spain - United Kingdom - United States See also - External links

Sovereign states

League of Nations member states are indicated by [LoN]

A

• Afghanistan - Kingdom of Afghanistan ^[LoN]
  Capital: Kabul
•  Andorra - Principality of Andorra
  Capital: Andorra la Vella
•  Argentina - Argentine Republic ^[LoN]
  Capital: Buenos Aires
•  Australia - Commonwealth of Australia (Dominion of the British Empire to October 9) ^[LoN]
  Capital: Canberra

B

•  Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia
  Capital: Sucre (official), La Paz (administrative)
•  Brazil - Republic of the United States of Brazil
  Capital: Rio de Janeiro
• Bulgaria - Kingdom of Bulgaria ^[LoN]
  Capital: Sofia

C

•  Canada - Dominion of Canada ^[LoN]
  Capital: Ottawa
•  Chile - Republic of Chile ^[LoN]
  Capital: Santiago
•  China - Republic of China ^[LoN]
  Capital: Chongqing
•  Colombia - Republic of Colombia ^[LoN]
  Capital: Bogotá
•  Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica ^[LoN]
  Capital: San José
•  Cuba - Republic of Cuba ^[LoN]
  Capital: Havanna

D

•  Dominican Republic ^[LoN]
  Capital: Santo Domingo

E

•  Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador ^[LoN]
  Capital: Quito
• Egypt - Kingdom of Egypt ^[LoN]
  Capital: Cairo
•  El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador
  Capital: San Salvador
• Ethiopia - Ethiopian Empire ^[LoN]
  Capital: Addis Ababa

F

•  Finland - Republic of Finland ^[LoN]
  Capital: Helsinki
• France - French State
  Capital: Paris

G

•  Germany - German Reich
  Capital: Berlin
•  Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala
  Capital: Guatemala City

H

•  Haiti - Republic of Haiti
  Capital: Port-au-Prince
• Honduras - Republic of Honduras
  Capital: Tegucigalpa
• Hungary - Kingdom of Hungary
  Capital: Budapest

I

• Iran - Imperial State of Iran
  Capital: Tehran
• Iraq - Kingdom of Iraq ^[LoN]
  Capital: Baghdad
•  Ireland ^[LoN]
  Capital: Dublin
•  Italy - Kingdom of Italy
  Capital: Rome

J

•  Japan - Empire of Japan
  Capital: Tokyo

L

•  Liberia - Republic of Liberia ^[LoN]
  Capital: Monrovia
•  Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein
  Capital: Vaduz

M

•  Mexico - United Mexican States
  Capital: Mexico City
•  Monaco - Principality of Monaco
  Capital: Monaco-Ville
• Mongolia - Mongolian People's Republic
  Capital: Ulaanbaatar

N

• Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
  Capital: Kathmandu
• New Zealand - Dominion of New Zealand (Dominion of the British Empire) ^[LoN]
  Capital: Wellington
•  Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua ^[LoN]
  Capital: Abuja

P

•  Panama - Republic of Panama ^[LoN]
  Capital: Panama City
• Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay ^[LoN]
  Capital: Asunción
•  Peru - Peruvian Republic
  Capital: Lima
• Portugal - Portuguese Republic ^[LoN]
  Capital: Lisbon

R

• Rumania - Kingdom of Rumania
  Capital: Bucharest

S

•  San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino
  Capital: City of San Marino
• Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  Capital: Riyadh
• South Africa - Union of South Africa ^[LoN]
  Capital: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
•  Soviet Union - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  Capital: Moscow
• Spain - Spanish State
  Capital: Madrid
•  Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden ^[LoN]
  Capital: Stockholm
•  Switzerland - Swiss Confederation ^[LoN]
  Capital: Bern

T

•  Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand ^[LoN]
  Capital: Bangkok
•  Turkey - Republic of Turkey ^[LoN]
  Capital: Ankara

U

•  United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ^[LoN]
  Capital: London
•  United States - United States of America
  Capital: Washington, D.C.
•  Uruguay - Oriental Republic of Uruguay ^[LoN]
  Capital: Montevideo

V

•  Vatican City - State of the Vatican City
  Capital: Vatican City
•  Venezuela - United States of Venezuela
  Capital: Caracas

Y

• Yemen - Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
  Capital: Sanaa

Occupied states

• Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium (metropolitan territory)
  Capital: Bruxelles
• Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark
  Capital: Copenhagen

Other states

In 1942, there were six states which were not recognized as sovereign by a majority of countries.

• Croatia - Independent State of Croatia
  Capital: Zagreb
  • De facto independent state. Recognized by the members of the Anti-Comintern Pact and Argentina. Claimed by Yugoslavia.
•  Manchukuo - Great Empire of Manchuria
  Capital: Hsinking
  • De facto independent state. Recognized by 23 of members of the League of Nations. Claimed by the Republic of China.
• Nanjing - Republic of China
  Capital: Nanking
  • De facto independent state. Recognized by the members of the Anti-Comintern Pact. Claimed by the Republic of China.
• Slovakia - Slovak Republic
  Capital: Bratislava
  • De facto independent state under German "protection". Recognized by 15 other states. Claimed by Czechoslovakia.
•  Tannu Tuva - Tuvan People's Republic
  Capital: Kyzyl
  • De facto independent state. Recognized by the Soviet Union and Mongolia.
•  Tibet
  Capital: Lhasa
  • De facto independent state. Claimed by the Republic of China. Not recognized by any other state.

Non-Sovereign Territories

Australia

• Australian Antarctic Territory (Uninhabited external territory)
• Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (External territory)
  Capital: Kingston
• Papua - Territory of Papua (External territory)
  Capital: Canberra

Belgium

•  Belgian Congo (Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile)
  Capital: Léopoldville (Leopoldstad)

Condominiums

• Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian condominium)
  Capital: Khartoum
•  Canton and Enderbury Islands (Anglo-American condominium)
• New Hebrides (Anglo-French condominium, loyal to the Free French Forces)
  Capital: Port Vila

Denmark

• Greenland (Self-governing possession under United States protection)
  Capital: Godthåb
• Iceland - Kingdom of Iceland (Self-governing kingdom under United States protection)
  Capital: Reykjavík

France

• Adélie Land (Uninhabited possession)
• Clipperton Island (Uninhabited possession)
• French Antilles and Guiana (Colony)
• French Equatorial Africa (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces)
  Capital: Brazzaville
• French India - French Establishments in India (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces)
  Capital: Pondichéry
•  French Indochina (Federation of protectorates)
  Capital: Hanoi
• French Oceania - French Establishments in Oceania (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces)
  Capital: Papeete
• French Somaliland (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces, from December 28)
  Capital: Ville de Djibouti
• French West Africa (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces, from November)
  Capital: Dakar
• Kwangchowan (Concession, loyal to the Free French Forces)
• Madagascar (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces, from December 14)
  Capital: Tananarive
• Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco (Protectorate, loyal to the Free French Forces, from November 8)
  Capital: Rabat
• New Caledonia - New Caledonia and Dependencies (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces)
  Capital: Nouméa
• Réunion (Colony, loyal to the Free French Forces, from November 28)
  Capital: Saint-Denis
• Shanghai (Concession)
• Tientsin (Concession)
• Tunisia - Tunisian Realm (Protectorate)
  Capital: Tunis

Germany

• Belgium and North France - Military Administration in Belgium and North France (Military administration)
  Capital: Brussels (Belgium), Paris (North France)
•  Bohemia and Moravia - Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Autonomous protectorate)
  Capital: Prag
• Channel Islands (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Saint Helier
• General Government (Autonomous territory)
  Capital: Krakau
• Greece - Hellenic State (Civil administration)
  Capital: Athens
• Netherlands - Netherlands Reich Commission (Civil administration)
  Capital: Amsterdam
• Norway - Norway Reich Commission (Civil administration)
  Capital: Oslo
• Ostland - Ostland Reich Commission (Civil administration)
  Capital: Riga
• Serbia - Military Administration in Serbia (Military administration)
  Capital: Belgrade
• Ukraine - Ukraine Reich Commission (Civil administration)
  Capital: Rowno

Italy

• Albania - Albanian Kingdom (Protectorate)
  Capital: Tirana
• Italian Libya (Colony)
  Capital: Tunis
• Montenegro - Kingdom of Montenegro (Protectorate)
  Capital: Cetinje
• Pindus and Macedonia - Principality of Pindus and Voivodship of Macedonia (Protectorate)
  Capital: Aminciu
• Tientsin (Concession)

Japan

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Occupied territory, from March 23)
  Capital: Port Blair
• Banaba Island (Occupied territory, from August 26)
  Capital: Tabiang
• Boruneo Kita (Occupied territory, from January 18)
  Capital: Elopura
• Burma (Occupied territory, from August 1)
  Capital: Rangoon
• Chōsen (Dependency)
  Capital: Seoul
• Christmas Island (Occupied territory, from March 31)
  Capital: Flying Fish Cove
• Hong Kong - Hong Kong Occupied Territory (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Kowloon
• Indonesia (Occupied territory, from March 8)
  Capital: Batavia
• Karafuto - Karafuto Prefecture (Dependency, to November 1)
  Capital: Ōtomari
• Kwantung - Kwantung Leased Territory (Concession)
  Capital: Dalian
• Malaya (Occupied territory, from January 31)
  Capital: Kuala Lumpur
• Nauru (Occupied territory, from August 26)
  Capital: Yaren
• Omiya Jima (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Agana
• Otori Jima (Occupied territory)
• Philippines (Occupied territory, from January 2)
  Capital: Manila
• Syonan-to (Occupied territory, from February 15)
  Capital: Syonan-to
• Taiwan (Dependency)
  Capital: Taihoku
• Tientsin (Concession)
• Timor (Occupied territory, from February 20)
  Capital: Dili

League of Nations Mandates

• British Togoland (Administered by the United Kingdom)
  Capital: Ho
• Cameroons - British Cameroons (Administered by the United Kingdom)
  Capital: Buea
• Cameroun (Administered by France)
  Capital: Douala
• French Togoland (Administered by France)
  Capital: Lomé
• Nauru (Administered by Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, to August 26)
  Capital: Yaren
• New Guinea - Territory of New Guinea (Administered by Australia)
  Capital: Canberra
• Palestine - British Mandate of Palestine (Administered by the United Kingdom)
  Capital: Jerusalem
  • Transjordan - Emirate of Transjordan (Administered by the United Kingdom)
    Capital: Amman
• Ruanda-Urundi (Administered by Belgium)
  Capital: Usumbura
• South Pacific Mandate (Administered by Japan)
  Capital: Koror
• South-West Africa (Administered by South Africa)
  Capital: Windhoek
• Syria - Mandate of Syria (Administered by France, occupied by Britain)
  • Lebanon - State of Greater Lebanon (Administered by France, occupied by Britain)
    Capital: Beirut
  • Syria - Syrian Republic (Administered by France, occupied by Britain)
    Capital: Damascus
• Tanganyika - Tanganyika Territory (Administered by the United Kingdom)
  Capital: Dar es Salaam
•  Western Samoa (Administered by New Zealand)
  Capital: Apia

Netherlands

• Curaçao - Curaçao and Dependencies (Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile)
  Capital: Willemstad
• Netherlands East Indies (Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile, to March 8)
  Capital: Batavia
• Netherlands Guiana (Colony, loyal to the government-in-exile)
  Capital: Paramaribo

New Zealand

• Cook Islands (Dependent territory)
  Capital: Avarua
• Niue Island (Dependent territory)
  Capital: Alofi
• Ross Dependency (Uninhabited dependent territory)
• Union Islands (Dependent territory)

Portugal

• Cape Verde Islands (Colony)
  Capital: Praia
• Macau (Colony)
• Portuguese East Africa (Colony)
  Capital: Lourenço Marques
• Portuguese Guinea (Colony)
  Capital: Bissau
• Portuguese India - Portuguese State of India (Colony)
  Capital: Nova Goa
• Portuguese Timor (Colony, to February 20)
  Capital: Dili
• Portuguese West Africa (Colony)
  Capital: Luanda
• São João Baptista de Ajudá - Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Possession)
• São Tomé and Príncipe (Colony)
  Capital: São Tomé

Spain

• Ifni (Colony)
  Capital: Sidi Ifni
• Spanish Guinea (Colony)
  Capital: Santa Isabel
• Spanish Morocco (Protectorate)
  Capital: Tétouan
• Spanish Sahara (Colony)
  Capital: El Aaiún

United Kingdom

•  Aden - Aden Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
  Capital: Aden
•  Bahama Islands (Crown colony)
  Capital: Nassau
• Bahrain - Sheikdom of Bahrain (Protectorate)
  Capital: Manama
•  Barbados (Crown colony)
  Capital: Bridgetown
• Basutoland - Territory of Basutoland (Crown colony)
  Capital: Maseru
• Bechuanaland - Bechuanaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
  Capital: Mafeking
• Bermuda (Crown colony)
  Capital: Hamilton
• Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan (Protectorate)
  Capital: Thimphu
•  British Guiana (Crown colony)
  Capital: Georgetown
•  British Honduras (Crown colony)
  Capital: Belize Town
• British Leeward Islands - Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands (Crown colony)
  Capital: St. John's
• British Somaliland - British Somaliland Protectorate (Protectorate)
  Capital: Hargeisa
• British Western Pacific Territories (Crown colony)
  Capital: Suva
• British Windward Islands - Federal Colony of the Windward Islands (Crown colony)
  Capital: St. George's
• Brunei - State of Brunei Darussalam (Protectorate, to January 6)
  Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan
• Burma (Crown colony, to August 1)
  Capital: Rangoon
•  Ceylon (Crown colony)
  Capital: Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte
• Cyprus (Crown colony)
  Capital: Nicosia
• Cyrenaica (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Benghazi
• Eritrea (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Benghazi
• Falkland Islands (Crown colony)
  Capital: Stanley
• Faroe Islands (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Tórshavn
• Federated Malay States (Protectorate, to January 31)
  Capital: Kuala Lumpur
• Gambia - Gambia Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
  Capital: Banjul
•  Gibraltar (Crown colony)
  Capital: Gibraltar
•  Gold Coast (Crown colony)
  Capital: Accra
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Uninhabited possession)
•  India - Indian Empire (Crown colony)
  Capital: New Dehli
• Isle of Man (Crown dependency)
  Capital: Douglas
• Italian Somaliland (Occupied territory)
  Capital: Mogadiscio
•  Jamaica (Crown colony)
  Capital: Kingston
•  Johor - State of Johor Darul Ta'zim (Protectorate, to January 31)
  Capital: Johor Bahru
•  Kenya - Kenya Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
  Capital: Nairobi
• Kuwait - Sheikdom of Kuwait (Protectorate)
  Capital: Kuwait City
• Maldive Islands - Sultanate of the Maldive Islands (Protectorate)
  Capital: Malé
• Malta (Crown colony)
  Capital: Valletta
•  Mauritius (Crown colony)
  Capital: Port Louis
• Muscat and Oman - Sultanate of Muscat and Oman (Protectorate)
  Capital: Muscat
• Newfoundland - Dominion of Newfoundland (Crown colony)
  Capital: St. John's
•  Nigeria - Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (Crown colony and protectorate)
  Capital: Abuja
•  North Borneo (Crown colony, to January 18)
  Capital: Sandakan
• Northern Rhodesia - Protectorate of Northern Rhodesia (Protectorate)
  Capital: Livingstone
•  Nyasaland - Nyasaland Protectorate (Protectorate)
  Capital: Zomba
• Qatar - Sheikdom of Qatar (Protectorate)
  Capital: Doha
• Saint Helena (Crown colony)
  Capital: Jamestown
• Seychelles (Crown colony)
  Capital: Victoria
• Sierra Leone - Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate (Crown colony and protectorate)
  Capital: Freetown
•  Southern Rhodesia - Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Crown colony)
  Capital: Salisbury
•  Straits Settlements (Crown colony, to March 31)
  Capital: Singapore
• Suez Canal Zone (Crown colony)
• Swaziland - Swaziland Protectorate (Protectorate)
  Capital: Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (legislative)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (Crown colony)
  Capital: Port of Spain
• Tripolitania (Occupied territory, from October 23)
  Capital: Tripoli
• Trucial States (Protectorate)
  Capital: Abu Dhabi
• Uganda (Crown colony)
  Capital: Kampala
• Zanzibar - Sultanate of Zanzibar (Protectorate)
  Capital: Zanzibar City

United States

• Alaska - Alaska Territory (Territory)
  Capital: Juneau
• American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (Territory)
  Capital: Pago Pago
• Baker Island (Uninhabited territory)
• Hawaii - Territory of Hawaii (Territory)
  Capital: Honolulu
• Howland Island (Uninhabited territory)
• Jarvis Island (Uninhabited territory)
• Johnston Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
• Kingman Reef (Uninhabited territory)
• Midway Atoll (Uninhabited territory)
• Navassa Island (Uninhabited territory)
• Panama Canal Zone (Territory)
  Capital: Balboa
• Philippine Commonwealth - Commonwealth of the Philippines (until January 2)
  Capital: Manila^[1][2] (In exile, semi-independent self-governing commonwealth of the United States)
•  Puerto Rico (Territory)
  Capital: San Juan
•  United States Virgin Islands (Territory)
  Capital: Charlotte Amalie

See also

• List of state leaders in 1942
• List of colonial governors in 1942
• List of sovereign states
• Dependent territory
• 1942

External links

• World Statesmen

References

1. ^ http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/decade19.asp
2. ^ http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/WW2/involved.htm

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