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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]
Relations between Nazi Germany (1933–1945) and the Arab world ranged from indifference, fear, animosity, and confrontation [1] [2] to collaboration. [3] [4] [5] In terms of confrontation, the Arab intellectual elite was very critical towards Nazism, which was perceived as a totalitarian, racist, antisemitic and imperialist phenomenon.
Perhaps the most important aspect of Sweden's relations with Nazi Germany before and during the Second World War was the extensive export of iron ore to be used in the German arms industry. As Germany's preparations for war became more apparent and the risk of another war became obvious, international interest in Swedish ore increased.
Iraq remained a co-belligerent state of the Axis Powers and ally of Nazi Germany until it fought against the United Kingdom during the Anglo-Iraqi War in May 1941, which resulted in the downfall of Ali's government, the reoccupation of Iraq by the British Empire and the restoration to power of the Regent of Iraq, Prince 'Abd al-Ilah, who was ...
Lithuania, Western Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania to Nazi Germany's one) German–Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty (Second Partition of Eastern Europe: Exchange of Lithuania to USSR, and Central Poland to Nazi Germany) German–Soviet Border and Commercial Agreement (Final Partition of Eastern Europe: Baltic states, Eastern ...
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.
Iraq was an independent country in 1939, with a strong British presence, especially in the oil fields. Iraq broke relations with Germany but there was a strong pro-Italian element. The regime of Regent 'Abd al-Ilah was overthrown in 1941 by the Golden Square pro-Italian army officers, headed by Rashid Ali.
The party promised to rebuild Germany as a major power and create a Greater Germany that would include Alsace-Lorraine, Austria, Sudetenland, and other German-populated territories in Europe. The Nazis also aimed to occupy and colonize non-German territories in Poland, the Baltic states , and the Soviet Union, as part of the Nazi policy of ...