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  2. Areas annexed by Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    German-occupied Europe at the height of the Axis conquests in 1942 Gaue, Reichsgaue and other administrative divisions of Germany proper in January 1944. According to the Treaty of Versailles, the Territory of the Saar Basin was split from Germany for at least 15 years. In 1935, the Saarland rejoined Germany in a lawful way after a plebiscite.

  3. Klaipėda Region - Wikipedia

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    Adolf Hitler in Memel in March 1939. After Nazi Germany took over the area in 1939, many Lithuanians and their organizations began leaving Memel and the surrounding area. Memel was quickly turned into a fortified naval base by the Germans. After the failure of the German invasion of the USSR the fate of East Prussia and Memel was sealed. By ...

  4. 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania - Wikipedia

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    Germany and the Soviet Union concluded the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in 1939, dividing Eastern Europe into their respective spheres of influence. Lithuania was, at first, assigned to Germany. [ 9 ] The Nazis went so far as to suggest a German–Lithuanian military alliance against Poland and promised to return the Vilnius Region , but Lithuania ...

  5. List of expansion operations and planning of the Axis powers

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    German march into Austria (annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany as Ostmark on 12 March 1938) Operation Otto (cancelled planned invasion of Austria, never carried out due to pacifical Anschluss) German Occupation of Czechoslovakia (German annexation of the Sudetenland and establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1938, and ...

  6. Klaipėda Revolt - Wikipedia

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    The Klaipėda Revolt took place in January 1923 in the Klaipėda Region (also known as the Memel Territory or Memelland).The region, located north of the Neman River, was detached from East Prussia, German Empire by the Treaty of Versailles and became a mandate of the League of Nations.

  7. German occupation of Lithuania during World War II - Wikipedia

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    The military occupation of Lithuania by Nazi Germany lasted from the German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, to the end of the Battle of Memel on January 28, 1945. At first the Germans were welcomed as liberators from the repressive Soviet regime which had occupied Lithuania .

  8. Memel Medal - Wikipedia

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    Awarded to all German military personnel and others who participated in or contributed to the annexation of Memel: Presented by: Nazi Germany: Eligibility: Military personnel, others: Campaign(s) 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania: Established: 1 May 1939: Last awarded: 31 December 1940: Total: 31,322

  9. List of national border changes (1914–present) - Wikipedia

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    German-occupied Europe at the height of the Axis conquests in 1942 1941 August 1 — Following Operation Barbarossa , the Bialystok District is formed and put under Civil Administration, being attached to an adjacent Reichsgau, again in preparation for eventual annexation.