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Would you really call the United States a colonial power? I was under the impression it was quite famous for ending colonialism. --203.214.145.227 (talk) 12:25, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

See American Empire. Don't be misled by terms like "Commonwealth" status. If we exclude contentious cases, such supporting puppet/client states, then The Philippines is the prime example of US colonialism. Grant | Talk 17:26, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

What about Egypt

Egypt was under British rule in 1945. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahm2307 (talk • contribs) 13:40, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Greenland

Greenland did not loose its colonial status until 1953. Thus in 1945, it was still a Danish colony. -- Mulder1982 (talk) 18:49, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Australia, Canada and New Zealand

These three countries did not become independent until the 1980s. The Statue of Westminster did not make them fully independent as the British Parliament still could halt or push any laws they did or did not want. This Was removed on the 3 March 1986 for Australia, April 17, 1982 for Canada and on the 13 December 1986 for New Zealand. Please could we have the alternative version below presented to indicate this. --79.69.143.231 (talk) 16:38, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Thats true, but I'm not sure that Canada/Australia/New Zealand should be part of the british empire, on the map. The transition from colony to independant state really was extremely gradual- I mean, by 1970 nobody considered Canada to be British anymore, but it still was, legally. Its a complicated subject.bob bobato (talk) 23:52, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Newfoundland ceased to be a British colony in 1907. It was a Dominion (the same as Canada, Australia and New Zealand) during WW2. Meganfoxx (talk) 18:54, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Cannot we include them on the map. If we cannot put them in the same red then pehaps a lighter one with the caption British Dominions? Lemonade100 (talk) 19:42, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

why is the Soviet Union not in this map?

the US is in this map, but why not the Soviet Union? It was an empire, as the former Russian Empire states were all in the USSR, plus some more. Especially given that Russia was an SFSR, unlike the others.Tallicfan20 (talk) 10:39, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree, the USSR particularly in 1945 was clearly an Empire. Obviously there was its pre-WW2 area, but in addition by this time it has now conquered swathes of Eastern Europe directly like the Baltic States, and was setting up satellite states in other countries like Poland, East Germany and so on. Clearly an Empire by any definition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.89.19 (talk) 17:01, 5 February 2018 (UTC)