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Population distribution by country in 1939. This is a list of countries by population in 1939 (including any dependent, occupied or colonized territories for empires), providing an approximate overview of the world population before World War II.
Service in any Nazi Party organization or formation counted. [2] The time of service had to be unbroken, with exceptions for: Compulsory military service, not to exceed two years time. Military service against the Republican Government in the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939). German military service after September 1939. [2]
Awards and decorations of Nazi Germany were military, political, and civilian decorations that were bestowed between 1923 and 1945, first by the Nazi Party and later the state of Nazi Germany. The first awards began in the 1920s, before the Nazis had come to national power in Germany , with the political decorations worn on Party uniforms ...
18 October 1939 – 8 May 1945 Awarded with and without swords. For meritorious contributions to the war effort. c. 6,100,000 with swords c. 1,500,000 without swords Wound Badge. Verwundetenabzeichen. 3 March 1918 – 11 November 1918 1 September 1939 – 8 May 1945 Wounds whilst in active service c. 1,000,000 during ww1 c. 5,000,000 during ww2
The mobilisation of women in the war economy always remained limited: the number of women practising a professional activity in 1944 was virtually unchanged from 1939, being about 15 million women, in contrast to Great Britain, so that the use of women did not progress and only 1,200,000 of them worked in the arms industry in 1943, in working ...
1st Class with 3rd Class (gold cross with gold medal). [3] The Long Service Award was retroactive throughout a service member's career, encompassing Reichswehr service as well as service dating during and before World War I. As such, there were a handful of 40 year awards presented, even though the Nazi era only lasted 12 years (1933–1945).
The Social Welfare Decoration (German: Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege) was a German Civil Award created by Adolf Hitler on 1 May 1939 for services in the social sector. It could be awarded to Germans and foreigners for a wide variety of service to the German state in the social sector.
The reunification of Germany saw new regulations concerning the status of East German awards introduced into the German military. These regulations typically stipulated that awards associated with the Communist regime were prohibited from display, but did recognize the status and continued wear of certain non-political service medals.