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Europe in 1939 capitals quiz

Can you place all 36 capitals of Europe in 1939 on the map? A capital appears, you tap its dot. Three tries each, and the ones you miss come back until you know them.

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All 36 capitals of Europe in 1939

CountryCapitalStatus in 1939
AlbaniaTiranaOccupied by Italy, April 1939
AndorraAndorra la VellaCo-principality, neutral
BelgiumBrusselsKingdom, neutral
BulgariaSofiaKingdom, neutral
DenmarkCopenhagenKingdom, neutral (Iceland in personal union)
EstoniaTallinnRepublic, neutral (annexed by the USSR 1940)
FinlandHelsinkiRepublic, neutral (attacked by the USSR in November 1939)
FranceParisRepublic, Allies (declared war 3 September 1939)
Free City of DanzigDanzigFree city under the League of Nations, annexed by Germany 1 September 1939
German ReichBerlinNazi dictatorship, Axis (Austria and the Sudetenland included)
GreeceAthensKingdom under Metaxas, neutral
HungaryBudapestKingdom, close to the Axis
IcelandReykjavíkKingdom in personal union with Denmark
IrelandDublinNeutral
ItalyRomeFascist kingdom, Axis (entered the war June 1940)
LatviaRigaRepublic, neutral (annexed by the USSR 1940)
LiechtensteinVaduzPrincipality, neutral
LithuaniaKaunasRepublic, neutral; Vilnius was Polish, Memel German
LuxembourgLuxembourgGrand duchy, neutral (invaded May 1940)
MonacoMonacoPrincipality
NetherlandsAmsterdamKingdom, neutral (invaded May 1940)
NorwayOsloKingdom, neutral (invaded April 1940)
PolandWarsawRepublic, invaded by Germany 1 September 1939
PortugalLisbonDictatorship, neutral
Protectorate of Bohemia and MoraviaPragueGerman protectorate since March 1939
RomaniaBucharestKingdom, neutral
San MarinoSan MarinoRepublic
SlovakiaBratislavaGerman client state since March 1939
Soviet UnionMoscowPact with Germany (August 1939), invaded Poland 17 September
SpainMadridDictatorship under Franco, neutral
SwedenStockholmKingdom, neutral
SwitzerlandBernConfederation, neutral
TurkeyAnkaraRepublic, neutral
United KingdomLondonKingdom, Allies (declared war 3 September 1939)
Vatican CityVatican CityCity-state of the Pope, neutral
YugoslaviaBelgradeKingdom, neutral

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