Thursday, November 4, 2010
liberty working
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Liberty ship guide courtesy of the American Merchant Marine at WarTuesday, November 2, 2010
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.
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
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