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South West Africa:
In 1920 the League of Nations grants South Africa the 
mandate to administer South West Africa. 
Rhodesia:
In 1923 the British government takes over administration of the 
British South Africa Companies territories that formed the region of Rhodesia. 
Southern Rhodesia becomes a self-governing colony and Northern Rhodesia 
becomes a protectorate. 
Europe 
Austro-Hungarian Empire:
After the collapse of the Hapsburg regime at the 
end of the First World War, the empire is broken up into Austria (1918), 
Hungary (1918), Czechoslovakia (1918), Yugoslavia and Poland (1919). 
Baltic States:
In 1918 Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania declare their 
independence. In 1919 Memel is created from parts of East Prussia, and in 
1920 their borders are set by treaty. 

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Ukraine:
Fighting between Poland and the Ukraine during 1918 and 1919 
resulted in Poland gaining territory. In the aftermath of the fighting the 
Ukraine suffers another revolution and is incorporated into the USSR in 1922. 
Balkans: 
Between 1918 and 1920 the state of Yugoslavia is formed from parts 
of Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires. 
Austria:
In 1919, with the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the treaty 
of St-Germain sets the borders for the state of Austria. 
Germany:
In 1919 Germany's colonial possessions are confiscated at 
Versailles. Alsace and Lorraine are returned to France, and West Prussia 
(including Poznan and Danzig) and parts of Upper Silesia are given to Poland. 
In the peace terms, direct votes resulted in the transfer of Eupen, Malmedy, 
and Moresnet to Belgium, and North Schleswig to Denmark. The Saar is placed 
under French administration for 15 years. Germany is demilitarised and the 
Rhineland occupied by Allied forces. 
France:
In 1919 France regains Alsace and Lorraine from Germany and gains 
control of the coal-mining region of the Saarland for 15 years under the 
Versailles Treaty.