Country or territory of occupation |
Puppet state(s) or military administration(s) |
Timeline of occupation(s) |
German annexed territory |
Resistance movement(s) |
Albanian Kingdom |
Albanian Kingdom |
8 September 1943 – December 1944 |
None |
Albanian resistance |
Bailiwick of Guernsey |
Military Administration in France |
30 June 1940 – 9 May 1945 |
None |
Guernsey people's resistance |
Bailiwick of Jersey |
Military Administration in France |
30 June 1940 – 9 May 1945 |
None |
Jersey people's resistance |
Czechoslovak Republic
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Czechoslovak Republic |
Slovak Republic
German Zone of Protection in Slovakia |
1 October 1938 – 11 May 1945 |
Gau Bayreuth Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Reichsgau Niederdonau Reichsgau Oberdonau Reichsgau Sudetenland |
Czechoslovakian resistance |
Federal State of Austria |
None |
12 March 1938 – 9 May 1945 |
Reichsgau Kärnten Reichsgau Niederdonau Reichsgau Oberdonau Reichsgau Salzburg Reichsgau Steiermark Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg Reichsgau Wien |
Austrian resistance |
Free City of Danzig |
None |
1 September 1939 – 9 May 1945 |
Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia |
Danzig people's resistance |
French Republic
Free France
Provisional Government of the French Republic |
French State
Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France
Military Administration in France
Realm Commissariat of Belgium and Northern France |
10 May 1940 – 9 May 1945 |
Gau Baden Gau Western March Reichsgau Wallonien |
French resistance |
Governorate of Montenegro |
German occupied territory of Montenegro |
26 September 1943 – February 1945 |
None |
Yugoslav resistance |
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
Military Administration of Luxembourg
Civil Administration Area of Luxembourg |
10 May 1940 – February 1945 |
Gau Moselland |
Luxembourg resistance |
Independent State of Macedonia |
None |
8 September 1944 – December 1944 |
None |
Yugoslav resistance |
Independent State of Croatia |
German zone of influence |
10 April 1941 – 9 May 1945 |
None |
Yugoslav resistance |
Italian Islands of the Aegean |
Italian Islands of the Aegean |
8 September 1943 – 8 May 1945 |
None |
|
Kingdom of Belgium |
Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France
Realm Commissariat of Belgium and Northern France |
10 May 1940 – February 1945 |
Gau Cologne-Aachen
Reichsgau Wallonien |
Belgian resistance |
Kingdom of Denmark |
None |
9 April 1940 – 5 May 1945 |
None |
Danish resistance |
Kingdom of Greece |
Military Administration in Greece
|
6 April 1941 – 8 May 1945 |
None |
Greek resistance |
Kingdom of Hungary |
Kingdom of Hungary
|
19 March 1944 – May 1945 |
None |
Hungarian resistance |
Kingdom of Italy |
Italian Social Republic
Military Administration in Kotor |
8 September 1943 – 2 May 1945 |
None |
Italian resistance |
Kingdom of Norway |
Realm Commissariat for the Occupied Norwegian Territories
|
9 April 1940 – 8 May 1945 |
None |
Norwegian resistance |
Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Reich Commissariat for the Occupied Dutch Territories |
10 May 1940 – 20 May 1945 |
None |
Dutch resistance |
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Republic of Užice
Bihać Republic |
Albanian Kingdom
German occupied territory of Montenegro
Independent State of Croatia
Independent State of Macedonia
Military Administration in Kotor
Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia
|
6 April 1941 – 15 May 1945 |
Reichsgau Kärnten Reichsgau Steiermark |
Yugoslav resistance |
Principality of Monaco |
None |
8 September 1943 – 3 September 1944 |
None |
|
Republic of Finland |
None |
15 September 1944 – 25 April 1945 |
None |
Finnish resistance |
Republic of Lithuania
Provisional Government of Lithuania |
Reich Commissariat East |
22 March 1939 – 21 July 1940
23 June 1941 – 5 August 1941 |
Gau East Prussia |
Lithuanian resistance |
Republic of Poland |
Military Administration in Poland
Reich Commissariat East
Reich Commissariat Ukraine |
1 September 1939 – 9 May 1945 |
Bezirk Bialystok Gau East Prussia Gau Niederschlesien General Government Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia Reichsgau Wartheland |
Polish resistance |
Republic of San Marino |
None |
17 September 1944 – 20 September 1944 |
None |
|
Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia |
Commissioner Government
Government of National Salvation |
April 30, 1941 – January 1945 |
None |
Serbian resistance |
Slovak Republic |
German Zone of Protection in Slovakia |
23 March 1939 – May 1945 |
None |
Slovakian resistance |
Territory of the Saar Basin |
None |
1 March 1935 – April 1945 |
Gau Palatinate-Saar
Gau Saar-Palatinate
Gau Westmark |
Saar Basin people's resistance |
Ukrainian National Government |
Reich Commissariat Ukraine |
30 June 1941 – September 1941 |
General Government |
Ukrainian resistance |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
Military Administration in the Soviet Union
Reich Commissariat East
Reich Commissariat Ukraine |
22 June 1941 – 10 May 1945 |
Bezirk Bialystok General Government |
Soviet resistance |