German occupation
Wartime foreign rule
German occupation refers to the military and political control Nazi Germany exercised over conquered European territories during World War II (1939–1945).
The term encompasses the administration, exploitation, and repression of occupied nations including France, Poland, the Netherlands, and others: Life under German occupation meant curfews, rationing, and constant fear.
It may also refer to Allied occupation of Germany after the war.
- GestapoNazi secret police
- secret policeClandestine state security apparatus
- WehrmachtNazi Germany's armed forces
- Nazi GermanyHitler's fascist dictatorship
- Yugoslav PartisansWWII Balkan communist resistance
World War II · French Resistance · resistance fighter · Liberation Day · collaborator · puppet government · Holocaust · yellow star · Guernsey · Vichy France · armband · curfew · jackboot · rations · ration cards · Eastern Front · D-Day landings · fascism
- Belgian HistoryBelgium, independence movement, King Leopold, constitutional monarchy, national congress
- Channel IslandsJersey, Guernsey, Santa Cruz Island, Catalina Island, Channel Islands
- Danish HistoryViking Age, Viking era, Copenhagen, Canute, constitutional monarchy
- Danish WWIINazi invasion, Copenhagen, rescue, Gestapo, partisans
- Low Countries WWIIArnhem, Bastogne, Antwerp, Brussels, Battle of the Bulge
- Norway WWIIhome front, Nazi invasion, resistance fighters, commando raids, collaborators
German occupationliberation
Release from constraint
freedom · emancipation · Allied victory · German surrender · V-E Day
German occupationsovereignty
Supreme independent authority
independence · self-determination · self-governance · home rule · free state
German occupationliberation
Release from constraint
freedom · self-determination · independence · national sovereignty · self-rule