Nazi Occupation Historical Timeline
1938:
German domination of most of Europe started on the 13 March 1938 with the annexation of Austria, followed by Sudeten Germans demanding full autonomy in April of the same year.
1939:
On 15 March 1939 German troops march into Prague and take over Bohemia and Moravia, and the following day Hitler proclaims “Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist”
On 31 August 1939 Hitler orders the attack on Poland, and at 0445 hours on 1 September 1939 the Germans annex Danzig, and invades Poland. Chamberlain sends ultimatum to Hitler to withdraw his troops from Poland. Hitler ignores the ultimatum.
1940:
On 9 April 1940 the Germans occupy Denmark and invade Norway, and on 10 June the Norwegians surrender. The German cause is helped by one Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian sympathizer, and the term Quisling comes to be used in general for collaborators.
10 May 1940 sees the Germans invade western Europe, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg and France.
On 14 June the Germans enter Paris, and on 22 June 1940 France and Germany sign the Franco-German armistice at Compiegne, using the same railway carriage that the Germans had signed the surrender in the First World War.
1941:
On 6 April 1941 the Germans invade Greece and Yugoslavia, the Yugoslavs capitulate on 17 April and Germany complete the occupation of the Greek mainland by 30 April 1941.
On the 22 June 1941 Germany invades Russia along a front from the Baltic to the Black Sea, and they carry all before them capturing vast swathes of territory, and capturing substantial numbers of Red Army forces. Riga, Smolensk, Kiev, Poltava, Orel, Kharkov, Simferopol, Kerch
1944:
On 18 March 1944 German troops enter Hungary
German domination of most of Europe started on the 13 March 1938 with the annexation of Austria, followed by Sudeten Germans demanding full autonomy in April of the same year.
1939:
On 15 March 1939 German troops march into Prague and take over Bohemia and Moravia, and the following day Hitler proclaims “Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist”
On 31 August 1939 Hitler orders the attack on Poland, and at 0445 hours on 1 September 1939 the Germans annex Danzig, and invades Poland. Chamberlain sends ultimatum to Hitler to withdraw his troops from Poland. Hitler ignores the ultimatum.
1940:
On 9 April 1940 the Germans occupy Denmark and invade Norway, and on 10 June the Norwegians surrender. The German cause is helped by one Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian sympathizer, and the term Quisling comes to be used in general for collaborators.
10 May 1940 sees the Germans invade western Europe, Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg and France.
On 14 June the Germans enter Paris, and on 22 June 1940 France and Germany sign the Franco-German armistice at Compiegne, using the same railway carriage that the Germans had signed the surrender in the First World War.
1941:
On 6 April 1941 the Germans invade Greece and Yugoslavia, the Yugoslavs capitulate on 17 April and Germany complete the occupation of the Greek mainland by 30 April 1941.
On the 22 June 1941 Germany invades Russia along a front from the Baltic to the Black Sea, and they carry all before them capturing vast swathes of territory, and capturing substantial numbers of Red Army forces. Riga, Smolensk, Kiev, Poltava, Orel, Kharkov, Simferopol, Kerch
1944:
On 18 March 1944 German troops enter Hungary