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A major element in Nazi propaganda denounced Communism in Germany and in the Soviet Union. After 1933 Communism was largely destroyed inside Germany. Nazi foreign relations with the Soviet Union were cold. Moscow tried and failed to form alliances with Britain, France and Eastern European countries.
10 May: A large number of Nazi book burnings takes place across Germany. 18 May: Landtag of Prussia meets for the last time and passes an "enabling act" vesting legislative authority in Göring's government. 19 May: "Law on the Trustees of Labour" establishes Trustees of Labour, Reich officials who regulate labour relations. Their legally ...
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.
The 1942 harvest was good, and food supplies remained adequate in Western Europe. [122] Germany and Europe as a whole were almost totally dependent on foreign oil imports. [123] In an attempt to resolve the shortage, in June 1942 Germany launched Fall Blau ("Case Blue"), an offensive against the Caucasian oilfields. [124]
30 October: The British government releases a report on concentration camps being built in Europe for Jews and anti-Nazis. [121] 31 October: As Germany plans for an attack on France, German Lieutenant-General Erich von Manstein proposes that Germany should attack through the Ardennes rather than through Belgium – the expected attack route.
The Allies of World War II began to form in September 1939 when Poland was invaded and Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany.Except for Ireland, which remained neutral throughout the war, the Commonwealth Dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa) all declared war alongside Great Britain but no other nations joined their cause.
The Lost Peace, International Relations in Europe, 1918-1939 (1981) 236pp; excerpts from 69 documents; Berber, F.J. ed. Locarno A Collection Of Documents (1936) online; useful English translations of 76 major diplomic documents 1919–36, with a biased anti-French introduction by Nazi Germany's Foreign Minister. Degras, Jane T.
All non-Nazi parties are banned in Germany. July 14 The Nazi party becomes the official party of Germany. August 25 Haavara Agreement: The agreement was designed to help facilitate the emigration of German Jews to Palestine. September 2 Italy and the USSR sign the Italo-Soviet Pact. [19] September 12