German-occupied Europe
German–occupied Europe or Nazi Europe refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were occupied by the military forces of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945 and administered by the Nazi regime.[1]
Background
Several German-occupied countries entered World War II as Allies of the United Kingdom or the Soviet Union. Some were forced to surrender such as Czechoslovakia; others like Poland (invaded on 1 September 1939)[1] were conquered in battle and then occupied. In some cases, the legitimate governments went into exile, in other cases the governments-in-exile were formed by their citizens in other Allied countries. Some countries occupied by Nazi Germany were officially neutral. Others were former members of the Axis powers that were occupied by German forces at a later stage of the war.
Occupied countries
The countries occupied included all, or most of the following:
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Governments in exile
Allied governments in exile
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Axis governments in exile
| Government in exile | Capital in exile | Timeline of exile | Occupier(s) |
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| Bulgarian government-in-exile | .svg.png){kind=small} Vienna, Greater German Reich |
September 16, 1944 – May 10, 1945 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
 French State |
Sigmaringen, Greater German Reich |
1944 – April 22, 1945 | Provisional Government of the French Republic |
| Montenegrin State Council |  Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia |
1944 – May 8, 1945 |  Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Neutral governments in exile
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See also
- Drang nach Osten ("The Drive Eastward")
- Lebensraum ("Living Space")
- Neuordnung ("New Order")
- Areas annexed by Nazi Germany
- Pan-Germanism
- Greater Germanic Reich
- Reorganization of occupied dioceses during World War II
- Atlantic Wall
- European Theatre of World War II
- List of Nazi-German concentration camps
- Wehrbauer
References
- 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica, German occupied Europe. World War II. Retrieved 1 September 2015 from the Internet Archive.
Bibliography
- Mazower, Mark (2008). Hitler's Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 9780713996814.
External links
- Map of Europe in 1942
- http://www.worldwar2history.info/war/Allies.html
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/germany_advances_through_europe
- http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/nazioccupationʘ
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German administrative territories 1939–1945 | |||||
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