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eastern germany the map of various definitions of eastern Europe

Eastern Germany has to be left as part of eastern Europe if the cold war definition of the west is to be used. Argument that GDR no longer exist is completely irrelevant, since neither does Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia, but that didn't prevent you from using their communist history.

Inclusion of the (East) Germany to Western Europe #Population of Western Europe

If the section follows the Cold War division, then East Germany should be excluded. It is not clear in this case, why all population estimates are of no earlier than 2000. If the section has to follow another classification, then this classification must be re-stated. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 18:41, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Needs a map and Distinguish between geographic and histo-politic basis

The article mentions 'While the term has a geographic context' and then seems to ignore it. The cold war is a blip in history, this should not be used to redefine 'Western Europe'. The first para is focused mostly on cold war related definition, that is secondard (IMO). If there are histo-culturo-politico phases (incl Cold War) the first para should either be generic or cover the largest context, which IMO is that it a chunk of land

This is obviously political, but as an Australian, I don't care. In my encyclopaedia I want a map and a list of countries. Add a one-liner, "The term Western Europe was also used to describe the non-communist European countries opposed to the communist Eastern Bloc" and perhaps break off into another article 'Western Europe (Cold War)' or such. ˥ Ǝ Ʉ H Ɔ I Ɯ (talk) 23:55, 25 August 2013 (UTC) p.s. Having space station video at the head of an article is daft! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mimarx (talk • contribs) 23:57, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Czech Republic

Who is claiming that the Czech Republic is part of Western Europe? It's part of Central Europe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.95.33.11 (talk) 20:20, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Correction to Stalin's title

Currently the first paragraph of the Cold War section reads, "During the final stages of World War II ... and the Premier of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin." [emphasis mine] I don't think Stalin was ever actually the Premier, since in their convoluted system the man in charge rarely held the high level governmental position, as the real position of power was as head of the Communist Party.

I'm not an expert on the USSR so I'm usually reluctant to change something on that topic and I usually leave it to someone else to fix. (I may even be wrong.)209.179.21.14 (talk) 15:31, 5 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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