German-occupied Europe | |||||||
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1938–1945 | |||||||
Anthem: 1938–1945 "Das Lied der Deutschen" "The song of the Germans" | |||||||
Europe at the height of German expansion in 1942:
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Capital | Berlin | ||||||
Common languages | German | ||||||
Demonym(s) | German | ||||||
Reich Commissioner | |||||||
• 1938–1945 | Fritz Katzmann | ||||||
Reichsstatthalter | |||||||
• 1938–1945 | Adolf Eichmann | ||||||
• 1940–1945 | Heinrich Himmler | ||||||
• 1941–1945 | Hermann Göring | ||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||
Area | |||||||
1942 | 3,300,000[1] km2 (1,300,000 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1942 | 238,000,000[1] | ||||||
Currency | Reichsmark (ℛℳ) | ||||||
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German-occupied Europe (or Nazi-occupied Europe) refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly militarily occupied and civil-occupied, including puppet governments, by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945, during World War II, administered by the Nazi regime under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.[2]
The German Wehrmacht occupied European territory:
In 1941, around 280 million people in Europe, more than half the population, were governed by Germany or their allies and puppet states.[3] It comprised an area of 3,300,000 km2 (1,300,000 sq mi).[1]
Outside of Europe, German forces controlled areas of North Africa, including Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia between 1940 and 1945. German military scientists established the Schatzgraber Weather Station as far north as Alexandra Land in Francis Joseph Land. Manned German weather stations also operated in North America included three in Greenland, Holzauge, Bassgeiger, and Edelweiss. German Kriegsmarine ships also operated in all oceans of the world throughout World War II.
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