World War II occupation
Axis territorial dominance
World War II occupation refers to the military control of territory by Axis or Allied forces during and after the Second World War (1939–1945).
Germany occupied much of Europe; Japan occupied parts of Asia and the Pacific.
After the war, Allied powers occupied Germany and Japan.
The term often evokes resistance movements, collaboration, and civilian hardship: Her grandmother lived through the occupation of France.
- PolandCentral European republic
- Yugoslav PartisansWWII Balkan communist resistance
- GermanyCentral European nation
- forced laborCompelled toil, no consent
- French ResistanceWWII underground liberation movement
resistance fighters · rationing · Italy · starvation · Hungary · Korea · displacement · China · Philippines · Bulgaria · Romania · Japan · black market · curfew violation · France · Belgium · propaganda · Netherlands
World War II occupationliberation
Release from constraint
freedom · self-governance · independence · sovereignty · national sovereignty
World War II occupationresistance
Capacity to withstand force
armed resistance · partisan warfare · underground resistance · counteroffensive · Operation Overlord
World War II occupationliberation
Release from constraint
D-Day · Allied invasion · VE Day · German surrender · Allied victory
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