MAP 28.4Territorial Changes in Europe After World War IThe Great War brought tremendous changes to eastern Europe. Empires were shattered, new nations were established, and a dangerous power vacuum was created by the relatively weak states established between Germany and Soviet Russia.> MAPPING THE PASTANALYZING THE MAP: What territory did Germany lose, and to whom? What new independent states were formed from the old Russian empire?CONNECTIONS: How were the principles of national self-