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Hitler's Empire - 1944

A giant stain on the land . . .

How big was the Nazi Empire compared to those of old? That it played a major part in the greatest slaughter of humanity in history is without doubt. However, this is more likely due to the era when World War Two took place rather than the size of the land mass that was in conflict.

Hitler's empire, at its greatest, occupied the following countries:

• Albania

• Austria

• Belgium

• Byelorussia

• Channel Islands (part of Great Britain)

• Czechoslovakia

• Denmark

• Estonia

• France

• Greece

• Latvia

• Lithuania

• Luxembourg

• Holland

• Norway

• Poland

• Ukraine

• Yugoslavia

These were Germany's allies:

• Finland

• Hungary

• Romania

• Bulgaria

And these were neutral:

• The Republic of Ireland

• Sweden

• Switzerland

• Spain

• Portugal

Special circumstances:

• Austria became part of Germany in 1938.

• Italy was an ally of Germany until the middle of 1943 when parts of the country became occupied by German troops.

This then, is an approximation of what the Nazi Empire looked like at its height:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires#Largest_empires_by_land_area


Nazi Germany:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany#Conquest_of_Europe

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Second_world_war_europe_1941-1942_map_en.png


Roman Empire:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Roman_Empire_117_AD.jpg


Macedonian Empire (Alexander the Great):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MacedonEmpire.jpg


1942: Japan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Empire


German Empire ( - end of WW1)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire


British Empire... note 1946 size in first link above:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire

Vendelis

I thought the scant information I could find on PVC Modracek was heartbreaking until I did some research before buying a new sketch.

There are no writeups about Pvt. John A. Vendelis and I can't even find his date of birth. I know he was someone's baby boy, and perhaps a naughty two year old. He was a teen whose rebellious nature may have spurred him to join the 101st. Or, perhaps he was in his twenties.

Regardless, I do know he left Maryland and made his way to Fort Benning, Georgia to join the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He passed training, shipped out with the 506th to England and finally, jumped from his 'stick' on D-Day.

He died that day.

His entire life is summed up in an entry on wwiimemorial.com:

John A. Vendelis
ID: 33066904
Entered the Service From: Maryland
Rank: Private

Service: U.S. Army, 506th Parachute Infantry Regt, 101st Airborne Division
Died: Tuesday, June 06, 1944

Buried at: Normandy American Cemetery
Location: Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Plot: C Row: 16 Grave: 46

Awards: Purple Heart

Thank you sir.

(sketch by Ingrid Hardy)

Modracek

(sketch by Ingrid Hardy)

PFC Robert James Modracek was assigned to the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in August of 1944.

Eye witness accounts relate how F Company launched an assault on two German 88mm guns in Eindhoven (Woenselsestraat) with Private Modracek in the left flank. Either a mishandled grenade or a mortar shell detonating in the mortar tube, exploded, sending shrapnel into his chest, killing him. His name is one of 22 inscribed on the Eindhoven monument to the liberators from the 101st.

Thank you sir.