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THE GERMAN OCCUPATIONNumber the stars

By: Almudena Antolinez - Sofa Belmonte - Carla Garca

INDEXThe German occupation.Countries that they conquered.The ocupation of Denmark.The Danish resistance.

THE GERMAN OCCUPATION Much of Europe was occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War (1939-1945). Before that Germany has started to taken territories. The first country they took was Poland. During the next years, the German troops conquered almost all of Europe. But with the help of The Resistance , they stopped the invasion and made them lose territories.

COUNTRIES THAT THEY CONQUEREDAlbanian KingdomFederal State of AustriaKingdom of BelgiumByelorussian SSRCzechoslovak RepublicKingdom of DenmarkSlovak RepublicFrench RepublicKingdom of GreeceKingdom of HungaryKingdom of ItalyLatvian SSRLithuanian SSRGrand Duchy of LuxembourgMonacoKingdom of NorwayKingdom of YugoslaviaRepublic of Poland

THE OCCUPATION OF DENMARK

It started in the operation Weserbung. The Germans had invaded Denmark in 1940, under the threat of bombing, the government, according to the king, accepted the german condicion. On October, 1943, had started efforts against the Danish Jews. Only 500 were caught; 7000 managed to escape to Sweden with the help of the Resistance. Finally on May, 1945, an English generally comes into Danish territory with his troops and liberated Denmark. German soldiers left Denmark without resistance and the occupation ended.

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The population didnt give up, and from the second year of occupation, nonviolent forms of resistance began to appear, they tried to stop the Germans and finish the war, but without results since 1943 they became violent. Until the end of the war more than 850 members had been executed in prison, in concentration camps or were killed in combat.

THE DANISH RESISTANCE

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The resistance helped the Jews to start the trip to Sweden. During the transfers, the villagers gave them shelter in their homes, barns and churches. Danish and Swedish fishermen were charged to transfer around 7,000 Danish Jews.

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