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"An alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless."
- Adolph Hitler
Belgium During World War II
Germany attacked Belgium May 10, 1940. The king was captured and could not leave the country. 225,000 Belgian soldiers were deported to Germany and 700,000 of them were put in prison. In 1942, 500,000 men were forced by Germany to work in the war industry. Many Belgian people didn’t like that Germany occupied Belgium. Belgians formed terrorist resistance groups which made Germans lives in Belgium difficult and saved about fifty percent of the Jewish people in Belgium. The resistance groups included men and women and were separated by region and a political group. The resistance groups ruined German military equipment, assassinated collaborators, published underground newspapers, and allied airmen escape from Germany. |
Netherlands During World War II
Germany invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940. The Netherlands were under German rule by Arthur Seyss-Inquart. During the first couple under his rule everything was normal. The only thing that was abnormal to the other occupied countries was the illegal press. The Netherlands lost the most amount of citizens during the holocaust. There was an estimated 140,000 Jews that did not survive. There has been a lot of debate about why the Netherlands lost so many but nobody knows for sure. Near the end of World War II the Allies tried moving north but was stopped at the Rhine river. The relationship between Germany and the Netherlands was breaking apart and that caused a railroad strike that prevented food from Germany from reaching the Netherlands. The winter was harsh and with no longer any food in the Netherlands it caused a huge famine to break out. |
Poland During World War II
The German invasion into Poland on September 1, 1939 started World War II. During the war Poland was occupied by Germany and the Soviet Union. The Germans bombed planes, railroads, communication posts, weapons and ammo depots, military targets, and civilians. Germans often stole food from the Polish to feed the German army. A lot of the Jewish people in Poland were sent to concentration camps by the SS which was a german Nazi group. Soviets also arrested and sent 1.5 million people Siberia for slave labor. During the war six million Polish citizens were killed. The Nazis and Soviets also murdered influential people in Poland. Germany also destroyed museums, universities, and burned down the capital. |
Greece During World War II
In 1939 Mussolini is feeling like Hitler is out playing him so he decides to try to attack and occupy Greece. On October 28, 1939 Mussolini writes an ultimatum which says that the Greeks have to let the Italian army to enter Greece and occupy it. The Greece dictator rejects the ultimatum and in a few hours Italian troops are entering Greece. The Greece army defends the country and in six weeks they drive away the Italian army. This is a humiliation for the Axis and causes Hitler to attack and occupy Greece. This caused the resistance group, the National Liberation Front (EAM) to form in 1941. There was an estimated two million members of the group. The resistance destroyed German attack bridges and German supply convoys. Later the Germans make the Greeks pay the cost of the occupation and in that first year 100,000 die of starvation. |
France During World War II
France was taken over by Germany on June 24, 1940. Germany also established a new French government called Vichy France. This new government made the French resources plumet and forced workers to do labor in germany. 75,000 Jewish citizens were were placed in concentration camps. During this time the Free French ,which is a resistance group, was formed. In the Free French group there were 300,000 troops which were supplied by Americans and led by Charles De Gaule. In 1944 Free French and the Axis powers. On August 29,1944 Charles De Gaulle came into France with victory and France was free again. |
Denmark During World War II
On May 31,1939 Denmark and Germany signed a nonaggression pact. On April 9, 1940 Germany broke the nonaggression pact and occupied Denmark. Germany did this because they were trying to get Norway and had to go through Denmark first. The Danish government and police continued normally they had to arrest German immigrants. Denmark would supply the Third Reich. This was good business they sold agricultural products, industrial products, and weapons to the Nazis. the youth in Denmark were mad because the adults weren’t doing anything so they started a resistance group. The first resistance group in Denmark were teenagers that destroyed minor German property. In 1942 the resistance got weapons from England and attacked railroads and factories. On July 3, 1944 the Germans were unable to stop the riots and surrendered. |
Norway During World War II
Germany invaded Norway on April 9, 1940. The king and the government all fled to the United Kingdom. The Nazi’s controlled The Norway police and government. Many Norwegians would produce illegal newspapers and help people flee from the Nazis but other than that people lived normally. Norway had a large fleet of ships that would carry goods to other countries that were at war with Germany. Around 10,000 Norwegians died during the war and about 700 were Jewish people sent to concentration camps. On May 8, 1945 Germany surrendered and Norway was a free country again. |
Yugoslavia during World War II
In 1941 Yugoslavia didn’t want to say no to Hitler so they let him occupy the country. Yugoslavia split into two resistance groups, the Chetniks and Partisans. Hitler was mad about the Yugoslavia resistance and stopped war with Russia so he could punish the Yugoslavians. Many Croatians started a fascist group called Ustashi. Ustashi would take weapons and tortured Yugoslavians and then executed them. On August 1941 Ustashas captured 2,000 Yugoslavian civilians and put them into the Glina Church They then took knives and killed all of them. A day after this incident Ustasha surrounded a Yugoslavian village and murdered all of them. Some got slaughtered and some got thrown into a deep mountain pit. The resistance groups fought back and eventually became a free country again. |
Sudetenland During World War II
On October 21, 1938 the Sudetenland was occupied by the German and separated into three regions. The regions were called Niederdonau, Oberdonau, and Bayerische Ostmark. The Sudetenland also became three political groups. Egar, Aussig, and Troppau. Not to long after Germany occupied the Sudetenland, synagogues were set on fire and lots of Jewish people were sent to concentration camps. The Nazis took about 300,000 Jewish people in the Sudetenland to concentration camp where most of them died. The Sudetenland was known as one of the most pro-Nazi country of the Third Reich. |
Austria During World War II
On October 21, 1938 the Sudetenland was occupied by the German and separated into three regions. The regions were called Niederdonau, Oberdonau, and Bayerische Ostmark. The Sudetenland also became three political groups. Egar, Aussig, and Troppau. Not to long after Germany occupied the Sudetenland, synagogues were set on fire and lots of Jewish people were sent to concentration camps. The Nazis took about 300,000 Jewish people in the Sudetenland to concentration camp where most of them died. The Sudetenland was known as one of the most pro-Nazi country of the Third Reich. |
Other Sites
These are three sites with more information on all the allied countries.
This video shows the allied and axis powers everyday during World War II.
Slideshow of other Allies