World War II Almanac | Europe Under Occupation

• Poland
• Destroying the nation
• Western Europe: Legalized theft
• Food shortages
• A harder life
• Hostages and retaliation
• Protests, strikes, and sabotage
• Martial law declared
• Armed resistance
• The Slovak National Rising
• France
• Soviet Union
• Yugoslavia

Because World War II was a total war, its effects on ordinary people, not just the soldiers and sailors, were deeper and more widespread than in previous wars. This was...