# Has any country won a war, but lost a non-trivial portion of its territory? Tags: war, international-relations - Score: 18 - Views: 5121 - Answers: 13 - Answered: yes - Asked by: user15614 - Asked: 2015-12-09 - Edited: 2016-07-06 - Site: history ## Question Has any country won a war, but lost a non-trivial amount of its territory? For example, 10% or 20%. It doesn't matter whether this country still exists or not. ## Answers ### Answer by Doug B (score: 26) Some examples from WW2: Poland was on the winning side but lost the eastern half of the country to the USSR. Yes they got compensated by German territories, but we could have some fun debating the relevance of that. Britain came out a winner but it's impoverishment was a significant factor leading to withdrawal from the Empire. ### Answer by Tom Au (score: 25) I have read your question as "Has a country ever won a war, and still "lost" territory, and if so, why?" One example was the Austro-Sardinian War, otherwise known as the Second War of Italian Independence. Sardinia (Piedmont) won the war. She did so with the help of France, under Napoleon III. She had to cede her holdings of Savoy and Nice to France to obtai