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In 1944 a US Treasury Secretary proposed stripping Germany of its heavy industry after the war. This is the Morgenthau Plan, mapped.
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5/ It was never implemented as written, though some historians argue early occupation policy followed its logic. By 1947 the US had replaced its harsh occupation directive, and the Marshall Plan followed, since Europe's recovery needed German industry.
Would a farming Germany have made Europe safer, or poorer and angrier? Follow @forummapping for more maps like this.
Timbuktu's families and libraries preserved an estimated 350,000+ medieval manuscripts — proof of a golden age of African scholarship centered on a city Europeans dismissed as legend.
A century ago, about 1 in 4 children worldwide died before their fifth birthday. Today it's under 1 in 25 — still too many, but a 90% fall, per Our World in Data.
Turkey tops Europe's inequality map at 43.7. Belarus (24.4), Ukraine (25.6) and the Nordics (26-29) sit at the equal end. Higher Gini = more unequal.
The orange top tier ($44k+) is North America, Western Europe, Australia and a few others. Much of Africa sits under $4,700 per person.
Legend has it Russia's shooting team missed the 1908 London Olympics by arriving 12 days late — the empire still ran on the old Julian calendar.
The highest natural point of the Maldives is about 2.4 m above sea level — the lowest 'high point' of any country.
The US didn't conquer all its land — it bought huge chunks of it, including Alaska for a bargain $7.2 million. Here's the full shopping list.
One assassination away from catastrophe: in June 1914, Europe was split into two armed camps. Here's how the tangled alliance system worked, and where it bent.
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6/ Britain entered the war on 4 August after Germany invaded Belgium. But look at Italy, red on this map: it declared neutrality, calling Austria-Hungary the aggressor, and joined the Entente side in 1915 via the Treaty of London.