Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany was an empire in Central Europe (Europe) that lasted from 1933 to 1945 CE, about 12 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Hitler's dictatorship rearmed Germany, started the Second World War in 1939 and murdered six million Jews in the Holocaust. It surrendered unconditionally in May 1945.

See Nazi Germany on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1933 to 1945 CE

Duration

12 years

Type

Empire

Region

Central Europe, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Berlin

Came from

• Weimar Republic 1918 to 1933 CE
• First Austrian Republic 1918 to 1938 CE

Became

• West Germany 1949 to 1990 CE
• East Germany 1949 to 1990 CE
• Austria 1945 CE to the present

Events in Europe during its time

• 1939 Second World War begins

Neighbours in Europe

• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE
• Kingdom of Sweden 1721 CE to the present
• Kingdom of the Netherlands 1815 CE to the present
• Romania (United Principalities and Kingdom) 1859 to 1947 CE
• Kingdom of Italy 1861 to 1946 CE
• French Third Republic 1870 to 1940 CE
• Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1945 to 1992 CE
• Fascist Italy 1922 to 1943 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia
• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present, Oceania
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE, South Asia
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present, Southeast Asia
• Empire of Japan 1868 to 1947 CE, East Asia
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE, Central and North Asia

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