What is the order of countries overtaken by Germany?
Germany defeated and occupied Poland (attacked in September 1939), Denmark (April 1940), Norway (April 1940), Belgium (May 1940), the Netherlands (May 1940), Luxembourg (May 1940), France (May 1940), Yugoslavia (April 1941), and Greece (April 1941).
What countries were annexed by Germany?
Fully annexed territories
| Date of annexation | Annexed area | Succeeded by |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 1938 | Sudetenland, Moravia-Silesia, Czechoslovak Republic | Reichsgau Lower Danube |
| Territory of the Chief of Civil Administration of the Sudetenland | ||
| 16 Mar 1939 | Bohemia, Czechoslovak Republic | Gau Bavarian Eastern March |
| Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
What allied country fell to Germany?
Western Allied invasion of Germany
| Date | 22 March – 8 May 1945 |
|---|---|
| Location | Western Germany, Southern Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria |
| Result | Allied victory Fall of Nazi Germany End of World War II in Europe (concurrently with the Eastern Front) |
What event brought the United States into WWII?
Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
What bad things did Japan do in ww2?
Contents
- 3.1 Attacks on parachutists and downed airmen.
- 3.2 Attacks on neutral powers.
- 3.3 Mass killings.
- 3.4 Human experimentation and biological warfare.
- 3.5 Use of chemical weapons.
- 3.6 Torture of prisoners of war.
- 3.7 Execution and killing of captured Allied airmen.
- 3.8 Cannibalism.
Did Japanese throw prisoners overboard?
The crew of a different Japanese carrier, Makigumo, picked him up. A postwar investigation found Japanese accounts that said he was interrogated and then thrown overboard with weights attached to his feet, drowning him.
Did the Japanese eat POWs?
JAPANESE troops practised cannibalism on enemy soldiers and civilians in the last war, sometimes cutting flesh from living captives, according to documents discovered by a Japanese academic in Australia. He has also found some evidence of cannibalism in the Philippines.
Why did Japanese treat POWs badly?
Many of the Japanese captors were cruel toward the POWs because they were viewed as contemptible for the very act of surrendering. Moreover, friendly fire caused about one in four POW deaths as the U.S. attacked Japanese convoys, sinking many ships transporting POWs back to Japan because they were unmarked.