What countries did Germany occupy in World War 2?
Answer:
German-Occupied Countries
Every country in Europe except Britain, Ireland, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Turkey in Europe and Bulgaria was occupied by Nazi Germany.
Italy was part of the Axis, but when Italy became an unwilling ally it was occupied. Finland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria were Axis allies. Of these countries, Hungary and parts of Romania were occupied.
The Germans also occupied all of North Africa west of Egypt.
Here is a list:
- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Byelorussia (part of the USSR)
- Channel Islands (part of Britain)
- The Crimea (part of the USSR)
- Czechoslovakia (absorbed half, the other half forming the country of Slovakia)
- Denmark
- Estonia
- France
- Greece
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands (Holland)
- Norway
- Poland
- Russia (partially)
- The Sudentenland
- Parts of the Transcaucus region (part of the USSR)
- Ukraine (part of the USSR)
- Yugoslavia
In addition, a large part of Italy after the country changed sides in 1943, and Hungary in 1944-45.
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