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Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were carried out primarily through mass shootings and poison gas in extermination camps. [15] [16]
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.
Starting in the 1920s, the Nazi Party "targeted German youth as a special audience for its propaganda messages". [1] They encouraged the formation of Nazi youth groups for children who were "dynamic, resilient, forward-looking, and hopeful." [1] As the Nazi Party grew, the number of children they targeted increased. By 1936, "membership in Nazi ...
In 2014, the German TV station Südwestrundfunk provided little-known details about the childhood of some war children with the publication of two documentaries. [53] On December 7, 2014, a documentary film by Ina Held, [54] titled Journey Into an Intact World: German War Children in Switzerland was broadcast. These children were often called ...
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]
The foreign policy and war aims of the Nazis have been the subject of debate among historians. The Nazis governed Germany between 1933 and 1945. There has been disagreement over whether Adolf Hitler aimed solely at European expansion and domination, or whether he planned for a long-term global empire.
The failure of Operation Barbarossa reversed the fortunes of Nazi Germany. [35] Operationally, German forces achieved significant victories and occupied some of the most important economic areas of the Soviet Union (mainly in Ukraine) and inflicted, as well as sustained, heavy casualties.
The New Order (German: Neuordnung) of Europe collectively refers to various political and social concepts Nazi Germany sought to impose on German-occupied Europe and beyond. Planning for the Neuordnung commenced prior to World War II , but Adolf Hitler first proclaimed a "European New Order" January 30th, 1941.