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Map 27.1 Post-War Territorial Settlements Territorial changes as of

1947, including American, British, French, and Soviet zones in Germany, as well as

boundaries of the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia after the war.

The League, which did not include the United States, Germany, Japan, or
Italy as members, had stood by when Italy invaded Ethiopia and Germany
re-occupied the Rhineland and then absorbed Czechoslovakia. Now, the
Allies desired a system of international security that would protect the free­
dom and self-determination of member nations. An international conference