File talk:World map 1980 final.svg
This is a great map, and I'm astonished it isn't linked to any articles. Seems perfect for the Cold War article! However... could a description of the color coding, colored crossmarks, and the like please be added by the author or others with good knowledge?
I presume the bold blue is the U.S. and NATO allies, the bold red is Soviet allies, the yellow is China alone, the medium blue marks explicit U.S. allies, and the medium red marks explicit Soviet allies.
I'm also presuming the light blue depicts the explicitly non-aligned nations, as it colors India, Yugoslavia, Iran, Switzerland, and Austria, which I *know* were all trying to be deeply uninvolved in the Cold War in 1980.
The pink might indicate Islamic nations? Somehow? Confused about the pink, really.
I'm assuming all the red and blue crosmarks indicate active areas of military conflict at that time. The green crossmarks seem to indicate sectarian conflicts in Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine.
Whatever the case, it's good work.
--Fondfire (talk) 01:08, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
OK! Think I got it...
| Bold blue | NATO |
| Medium blue | Other allies of the U.S. |
| Bold red | Warsaw Pact |
| Medium red | Socialist countries aligned with the U.S.S.R. |
| Light red | Other socialist countries or allies of the U.S.S.R. |
| Yellow | Maoist nations |
| Light blue | Non-aligned nations |
| Blue crossmarks | Anti-communist guerrillas |
| Red crossmarks | Communist guerrillas |
| Green crossmarks | Religious/sectarian civil conflicts |
This helped me make much more sense of this: Guerra Fria 1980
--Fondfire (talk) 02:36, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
I went ahead and added it in...
--Fondfire (talk) 03:01, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
Better version overall: Cold War Map 1980
