What nations were occupied by Italy during World War 2?

Answer 1

Italy failed in the vast majority of her campaigns. Italy tried to invade Albania and the Balkans with no success, although it did have possessions in Ethiopia at the time. In fact, the German army essentially occupied Italy.

The Soviet Union on the other hand had much more success and many more invasions. Before 1942 and war with Germany, the Soviets invaded Finland to try and create a bufferzone around Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) which, although successful, was managed horribly and resulted in horrendous losses for the Soviets. Then cooperating with the Nazis, the Soviets invaded and occupied Poland 1941-1942. After Stalingrad and the turn of the tide, the Soviets essentially invaded every Eastern European, Baltic, and Balkan country with a few exceptions: Yugoslavia and Greece (Russian forces were almost everywhere, but neither of these two countries remained occupied by Russian forces and/or under Moscow's control). It was also the Soviets who took Vienna and the city was actually divided the same way Berlin was, but in exchange for Soviet withdrawal from Austria, the West promised to pull its forces out of Czechoslovakia (American forces had liberated Plzen). The last great conquest for the SoProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 ets was Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 e invasion of Germany itself. All of what would become the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Repubilc: German Democratic Republic) was taken by the Soviets Also, near the end of the war in the Pacific, Russian forces did attack and take positions in Manchuria and North Korea, which was appropriately divided up into Soviet and US controlled zones. The Soviets ob

Answer 2

British Somaliland, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Libya. Albaniawas self-ruled but it depended on Italy for protection. So for Italy to annex it would be a "family matter" that was only symbolic. On 7 April, 1939, Italy invaded Albania, which proved to be a difficult campaign that emphazied the weakness of their army. Next, Italy attempted to invade Greece on 28 October, 1940 without telling his ally. The fighting proved too difficult and Germany had to send troops to help with the conquest. They did provide occupation troops in Greece, Yugoslavia, Albania, Herzgovina, Montenegro, and Croatia-Slovenia. Later, Italy supplied troops to help the Germans fight in Russia.

Answer 3

Germany occupied Italy when the King announced the surrender on 8 Sept 1943. Some of the Italians remained dedicated Fascists and continued to support and fight with the Germans.


The Allies began to push back the German forces. The Allies didn't occupy Italy but helped establish order and services for the people.

Answer 4

None. The only countries they successfully conquered happened before the war started (Ethiopia) or with help from Germany (Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia, France).