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Learn about the German state under Nazi control from 1933 to 1945, its ideology, politics, military, and society. See the map of Nazi Germany's territorial expansion and occupation during World War II.
A map and a list of the territories that were fully or partially incorporated into Nazi Germany before and during World War II. Learn about the dates, reasons, and outcomes of the annexations, as well as the planned but never realized ones.
Date Of AnnexationAnnexed AreaSucceeded By13 Mar 193813 Mar 193813 Mar 193813 Mar 1938- Axis alliance, 1939-1941.
- World War II and the Holocaust.
- German invasion of Poland, September 1939.
- Eastern Europe after the German-Soviet Pact, 1939-1940.
Germany, 1933. When Adolf Hitler came to power in January 1933, Germany was potentially one of the strongest powers in Europe. Hitler was determined to overturn the remaining military and territorial provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, which had followed World War I.
- Greater Germany, September 1939.
- German-Soviet partition 1939.
- Eastern Europe after the German-Soviet Pact, 1939-1940.
- Occupied western Europe, 1940.
3 days ago · Even within Germany itself, violent and nonviolent resistance to the Nazi regime manifested; perhaps the best-known nonviolent anti-Nazi group was the student-led White Rose movement. The German measures for stamping out opposition were often brutal and included the shooting of hostages.
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Learn about the Gaue, Reichsgaue and Länder, the main administrative units of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. See maps and lists of the 42 Gaue and their Gauleiters, as well as the territorial changes and expansions during the Second World War.
