British Empire

Post World War II Extent

During and after World War II Britain aquired control of further territories though these cannot be considered part of the British Empire as control was subject to international agreements. Territories obtained during and after the war were controlled in a variety of ways, with some ruled as UN Trust Territories and others being totally occupied and administered, while still others were only militarily occupied and the local administrations allowed to continue. These territories were:

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Africa

• Comoros (as part of Madagascar, see below)
• Eritrea (as a UN Trust Territory)
• Madagascar (occupied and administered)
• Mayotte (as part of the Comoros, see above)
• Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (now most of Libya) (as a UN Trust Territory)
• Reunion (occupied, local administration continues)

The Americas and Atlantic

• Aruba (as part of the Netherlands Antilles, see below)
• Netherlands Antilles (as a protectorate)

Asia

• Dutch East Indies- mainly just Java and Sumatra (occupied and administered by South East Asia Command (SEAC) to accept Japanese surrender and restore law and order until the Dutch arrived)
• French Indochina- south of the 16th parallel, but mainly Saigon (occupied and administered by SEAC to accept Japanese surrender and restore law and order until the French arrived)
• Iran (occupied and administered by Indian Command)
• Iraq (under same administration as Iran)
• Japan (Shikoku and part of Honshu occupied as British Commonwealth Occupation Zone)
• Lebanon (occupied and administered)
• Syria (same administration as Lebanon)

Europe

• Austria (occupied southeastern Austria as British Occupation Zone)
• Faeroe Islands (occupied and administered, but local administration continued also)
• Germany (occupied northwestern Germany as British Occupation Zone)
• Iceland (occupied and local administration continues)
• Italy (temporary military government and occupation, except in Udine and Venezia Gulia provinces)