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The areas in light green were the fully annexed territories, while those in dark green were the partially incorporated territories. The territory of Germany before 1938 is shown in blue. There were many areas annexed by Nazi Germany both immediately before and throughout the course of World War II. Territories that were part of Germany before ...
Yugoslav [Slovenian] areas annexed Upper Carniola annexation to Reichsgau Kärnten; Lower Styria annexation to Reichsgau Steiermark; German planned annexations Civilian occupation regime of western and northern territories Reichskommissariat Niederlande (implemented in 1940 as planned annexation of Greater Netherlands in the Westland Gau)
An area from the eastern part of West Prussia and the southern part of East Prussia Warmia and Masuria, to Poland (see East Prussian plebiscite); the majority of the Slavic Masurians voted to remain part of Germany. The Saar area was to be under the control of the League of Nations for 15 years, after which a vote between France and Germany ...
The Greater Germanic Reich (German: Großgermanisches Reich), fully styled the Greater Germanic Reich of the German Nation (German: Großgermanisches Reich der Deutschen Nation), [4] was the official state name of the political entity that Nazi Germany tried to establish in Europe during World War II. [5]
Germany went from a territory of 468,787 km 2 [4] before the 1938 annexation of Austria to 357,022 km 2 [5] after the 1990 reunification of Germany, a loss of 24%. [6] Despite its acquisition of the formerly German territory, the war also saw Poland's territory reduced by about 20% overall because of its losses in the east to the Soviets.
After 1933, when Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany, desire for unification could be identified with the Nazis, for whom it was an integral part of the Nazi "Heim ins Reich" ("back home to the realm") concept, which sought to incorporate as many Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans outside Germany) as possible into a "Greater Germany". [7]
In the agreement of July 11, 1959, between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the penitent [1] Federal Republic of Germany, [1] Luxembourg conclusively renounced its claim to the area of the Kammerwald and returned the territory to the Federal Republic of Germany, which in return paid 58.3 million DM to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Dutch annexation of Elten and Selfkant (1949) Belgian annexations (1949) Esrablishment of East and West Germany (1949) Treaty of Zgorzelec (1950) Minor territorial exchanges between East Germany and Poland (1949 and 1951) Bonn–Paris conventions and de facto return of Heligoland from the UK (1952) Return of Kehl from France (1953) London and ...