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Originally Posted by GregE
Every country? Probably not, but it's not all that unusual to be able to spot the main ones.
Moreover, for those interested in this sort of stuff it was relatively easy to guess the names of the countries that would emerge should the Soviet Union and/or Yugoslavia ever break up.
German reunification was a no-brainer as well.
Useless knowledge in one's day to day to existence, but fun to know for those of us with too much time to spare  |
I was surprised to learn that after WWII they shifted Poland to the West. Just learned this the other day. I never would have been able to determine what states would leave the USSR. I am always surprised when anyone chooses to leave a larger union. Size matters in politics and being small is almost never an advantage.