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| national_anthem = <br> 1938–1945 <br>"[[Das Lied der Deutschen]]""<br>The song of the Germans" <br/><br>April 1945 – May 1945<br>{{lang|de|[[Ich hab mich ergeben]]}}"<br>

I have surrendered myself"

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| map_caption = Europe at the height of German expansion in 1942:

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*{{legend2|#47ca44|[[Reichskommissariat|Civilian-administered occupied territories]]}}

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| capital = [[Berlin]]

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==History==

Several German-occupied countries initially entered [[World War II]] as [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] of the [[United Kingdom]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z4J2c4jEhjYC&q=allies+in+1939|title=Britain and Poland 1939–1943: The Betrayed Ally|last=Prazmowska|first=Anita|date=1995-03-23|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521483858|language=en}}</ref> or the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nz_RAwAAQBAJ&q=soviet+german+alliance+ww2|title=The Devils' Alliance: Hitler's Pact with Stalin, 1939–1941|last=Moorhouse|first=Roger|date=2014-10-14|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=9780465054923|language=en}}</ref> Some were forced to surrender before the outbreak of the war such as Czechoslovakia;<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0UsBgAAQBAJ&q=czechoslovakia+1938&pg=PA13|title=The Munich Crisis, 1938: Prelude to World War II|last1=Goldstein|first1=Erik|last2=Lukes|first2=Igor|date=2012-10-12|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136328329|language=en}}</ref> others like Poland (invaded on 1 September 1939)<ref name="britannica"/> were [[September campaign|conquered in battle]] and then [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupied]]. In some cases, the legitimate [[government in exile|governments went into exile]], in other cases the [[governments-in-exile]] were formed by their citizens in other [[Allies of World War II|Allied countries]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xTdCwAAQBAJ&q=Governments+in+exile+second+world+war|title=Europe in Exile: European Exile Communities in Britain 1940–45|last1=Conway|first1=Martin|last2=Gotovitch|first2=José|date=2001-08-30|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=9781782389910|language=en}}</ref> Some countries occupied by [[Nazi Germany]] were officially neutral. Others were former members of the [[Axis powers]] that were subsequently occupied by German forces, such as Finland and Hungary.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=042YDgAAQBAJ&q=Axis+countries+occupied+by+Nazi+Germany|title=The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won|last=Hanson|first=Victor Davis|date=2017-10-17|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=9780465093199|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CInVseCvW-wC&q=hungary+during+the+war+world+2|title=Hungary in World War II: Caught in the Cauldron|last=Cornelius|first=Deborah S.|date=2011|publisher=Fordham Univ Press|isbn=9780823233434|language=en}}</ref>

==Concentration camps==

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