Realm · 1936–1944
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany appears on the map from 1936 to 1944. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1943, it covered about 3.31 million km².
One of the realms of German Empire and Germany. The German Empire was proclaimed at Versailles in January 1871, after Prussia under Otto von Bismarck defeated France and united the German states except Austria. It quickly became Europe's leading industrial and scientific power and gained colonies in Africa and the Pacific, where a rising in German South West Africa was crushed in the genocide of the Herero and Nama.
See Nazi Germany on the map in 1943
- On the map
- 1936–1944
- Greatest extent
- 1943, about 3.31 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Nazi Germany · Wikidata Q7318
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1936–1937 | 497,999 km² |
| 1938 | 626,625 km² |
| 1939 | 699,301 km² |
| 1940 | 1.64 million km² |
| 1941 | 1.88 million km² |
| 1942 | 3.04 million km² |
| 1943 | 3.31 million km² |
| 1944 | 2.71 million km² |
Related
- German Empire and Germany empire
- Second World War 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945
- The world in 1938: The Road to War chapter