Denmark was 100% occupied, just not by the Axis. Just days after Denmark proper was invaded by the Germans, the Allies pre-emptively invaded the Faeroe Islands and Greenland (as well as Iceland, which had only recently gained its independence from Denmark). They never asked Denmark for permission to do this, and it was technically an act of war, so Denmark was invaded by belligerents on both sides of World War II.
yeah, along with German New Guinea, some pacific islands, Tanzania (German East Africa) Cameroon, and Togo(land). If you think about it for a while Germany was actually a strong colonial power considering how relatively young it was. more than portugal still held, more than belgium, more than Spain, Italy, it's biggest colonial rivals were actually just the UK and France. and I guess the US?
Damn Fed Micronesia. Would've guessed it but wouldn't fit the alphabetical order at M, so I skipped guessing it. I guess it doesn't matter where you alphabetisize it as someone would always complain.
Actually, I've never understood putting "Federated states of" in front of Micronesia, but not putting, e.g. "Republic of the" in front of Sudan. Both Sudan and Micronesia were originally names of regions and later became names of independent countries. In general, Jetpunk seems to accept names of countries in every-day usage. That's why I don't understand the Micronesia thing.
And Democratic Republic of the Congo. The two odd exceptions. China is never alphabetized under P and and North Korea is never alphabetized under D, but, whateva..
Democratic republic of the congo is called Democratic republic of the congo to distinguish it from the other congo. Federated states of Micronesia is called Federated states of Micronesia to distinguish it from Micronesia the region.
World Leaders of the World Wars I think this is a fun quiz. Fairly easy for any WW buffs, though, some of the earlier leaders seem to stump a lot of people.
How was New Guinea occupied by the axis? The Japanese invasion force that was supposed to attack Port Moresby (in New Guinea) was turned back at the Battle of the Coral Sea, when the light carrier Shoho was sunk, the carrier Shokaku damaged, and the Zuikaku's air crew killed in battle. The invasion was subsequently called off.
Well, still, Japanese troops landed at Lae and Buna on the coast of Papua New Guinea and began a bitter series of battles in the jungles, including the Kodaka Trail.
I agree that New Guinea was occupied. The area around the Huon Gulf and Peninsula were occupied by the Japanese in 1942. One of the places that the Australian Diggers played an important role by crossing the Owen Stanley Mountains on foot to help in the recapture of Lae and Buna. The Coral Sea Battle did turn back the Japanese invasion force planned for Port Moresby, but it was just one prong of their "Operation MO". The other phases had been successful. Also not mentioned was that we lost the aircraft carrier, Lexington and that the Yorktown was severely damaged and was forced to return to Pearl for repairs.
That's not true. The northern part of Lapland was given to Germans to control 1941. And they were not "helping against the USSR attack", because we (Finland) were on the attacking side 1941.
Might be difficult for you to confess, but the sad truth is that Finland was ally to the nazis 1941-1944. There was even a Finnish battalion of volunteers in the SS.
Controlled by Vichy France, which QM has excluded in the caveats. But another point - as much as I love the film Casablanca, it is not the best place to study WWII history. There are glaring historical errors in the plot - DeGaulle was in exile and couldn't have signed the letters of transit, and if Victor Lazlo was such a well-known warrior for the resistance, the Nazis would likely have found a reason to shoot him on sight and Captain Renault wouldn't have made a whimper about it.
And by the Germans. The Germans and Italians were pushed back into Tunisia by the British and Americans following El Alamein and Operation Torch (among other operations).
Yes, but if you look above there is a link to the 'Battle of San Marino' Germany occupied it for a very short time(like a few days) so the Quizmaster doesn't count it).
Is there a reason why San Marino hasn't been added to this list? It was occupied by an Axis force (Germany) during the battle of San Marino, I know it was only brief and was not the whole country but I can't see why it hasn't been included.
I assume that Quizmaster regards a territory as 'occupied' when the administration of a country has been taken over. German soldiers did fight on Sammarinese territory for a few days, but they didn't really control the country. Correct me if I'm wrong - I'm no expert.
If you count the Vichy France as "Axis", you should include a lot of countries. At least the places that fought versus the Allied countries, such as Madagascar and Syria among others.
OMG it took me 12 times to get it all. So embarrassing -- somehow each time I'd just forget 2-5 of them that I'd gotten another time. I'm so glad to put this to bed, haha.
Why the specifications for Australia, India, United Kingdom, and United States? I know they're all small parts or minor outlying territories of large countries, but the same could be said for at least a few of the others. Why is the justification necessary?
Because unlike the others, those are small islands far far away from the mainland that not everyone knows. So first, it teaches something interesting geographically, and second it prevents super comments like "omg fml it's bullshit the German never invaded the US correct that you ignorant"
I am not 100% sure, but if Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia were occupied wouldn't Djibouti also have been occupied. Again not 100% sure but it would seem likely
No, it was French Somaliland back then, so it came under Vichy control. That's why Italy left it alone. The British kicked the Italians out of East Africa before the Vichy regime fell so it never came under direct Axis rule.
Mongolia? They helped the Soviet Union and they fought many border battles in Inner Mongolia. Several battles were on the border, but I’m not sure that Japan controlled some of the territory that belonged to Mongolia. I think Malta also was attacked at some point by the Italians.
Check the facts! Finland was never invaded by Germany (or anybody else) and was not part of Axis. Well, we did collaborate with Germany for a few months but neither I - nor anybody else who knows anything about history - would call that "being part of axis."
Yeah, the Danish National Museum describes Denmark as being an "occupied country controlled by Nazi Germany". That seems like a weird thing to say if only 2% was occupied.
I was thinking that as well, but Quizgas must be right the country of Denmark only consists of 2% of the total land mass of the entire Danish territory which includes Greenland and Faroe Isles (and maybe also Iceland in 1940)
I'm pretty sure that Laos was 100%. It would make sense, as all the others around it were and along with Cambodia and Vietnam it was French Indochina, which Vichy France basically gave to the Japanese, so I think you could probably put it as 100%.
Should Argentina be added? I know they supported the Axis and a mass of Nazis fled there after the war. They did some supplying/shipping stuff in both wars for the Germans, but unsure about actual "occupation"...
^ Argentina was a Nazi puppet. As you said, many Nazis fled there after the war. Some remained, while others transitted to Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil. They saw Argentina as a haven, so why would they invade it? It would have been counterintuitive.
Austria is not listed as an Axis member primarily because, I suppose, it was annexed by Germany in the Anschluss, and thus did not join the Axis cause entirely of its own will, unlike other countries which installed their own separate pro-fascist governments. Keep in mind that Austria was considered to be a part of Germany's sovereign territory, and not a separate sovereign nation, after the Anschluss occurred.
I am of the opinion that even though Algeria and Morocco were never technically occupied they were in all practical purposes puppet states of the Axis. I've done a cursory search and haven't found anything, but can anyone explain how/why Burma was completely occupied but none of modern day Bangladesh was? Seems strange that Japan decided to just stop at the modern day border and decide they weren't going any further since both Burma and India were both part of the British empire.
There was a 1986 border adjustment that gave Liechtenstein a few sq. ft. of Austrian land, thus it should be included (however trivial) as well as a small corner of the St. Gallen area in Switzerland. Same with Malta, a small island (I forget which) was occupied briefly by the Italians.
I fiinally guessed them all with 2:12 remaining at 4:06:42 PM on February 13, 2019. I tried this one about half a dozen times before and each time I would recall all but one or two, and so was forced to stop short each time. However, sorting through all of them in my mind, I systematically and semi-randomly went through them all as before-and succeeded. East Timor was the final country I entered to complete the quiz. This quiz is also significant because upon completion, my point total increased by 5, to 801, which increased my level from Level 29 to Level 30! I feel as though I am moving up in the ranks.
This is one of the crudest misconceptions I have ever seen on this site. Finland was never occupied by the Axis and that 100% makes this quiz utterly ridiculous. Finland was unfortunately a co-belligerent by its own terms, teaming with Germany against the Soviet threat just for survival and payback. Finland only gave the Germans the right to advance through Finnish Lapland which certainly doesn't count as "occupation". When Finland was eventually forced to make a separate peace agreement with the Soviet Union, it was also forced to start the Lapland War. So there was a small sorry group of Germans suddenly having to scramble away hastily from Lapland, but that doesn't even count for 1%. From an ally to an enemy but never occupied!
The Hitler and Mannerheim recording is also a fascinating piece of history. It is the only surviving recording of Adolf Hitler speaking in an unofficial tone. The recording is from Hitlers visit to honor the birthday of the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces, Carl Gustav Mannerheim. I doubt Hitler would've done such an honor for an occupied country.
The quiz clearly says co-belligerents in purple. Just because they fought on the same side as the Germans for awhile doesn't make them bad guys. Conversely, the Soviet Union weren't good guys even though they fought for the Allies.
You should've included Algeria, Morocco and Egypt. I'm pretty sure Algeria and Morocco was occupied by axis powers (US retook by operation torch) and I'm also sure there was a time when Italy marched into Egypt (battle of El Alamein). Also, I think some more French African colonies in Sub-saharan Africa submitted to Vichy French forces and I think that should be counted as 'occupied by axis'
It says so in the description (calls it purple not pink). Though I had never (consciously atleast) heard of the word, and didnt know what it meant. Though I didnt have time to think about that anyway, didnt look at any of the %
I would argue that Finland isn't part of the Axis powers. According to Reddit, Finland didn't want to cooperate with Germany unless they needed to. You can check this article here: reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/242i6s/was_finland_a_part_of_the_axis_in_wwii/
Vichy France should definitely be considered a co-belligerent of the Axis. They fought against the Allies in the Near East, Senegal and Madagascar. They also repeatedly bombed Gibraltar.
Technically, Djibouti was partially occupied as well, around 25% in July 1940. Source: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_French_Somaliland#:~:text=Somalia%20%26%20Ethiopia).-,The%201940%20invasion,%22%20(now%20called%20Djibouti
How come Denmark is marked as having only two percent of its territory occupied? The entire country was occupied. Maybe you're counting Greenland but Greenland isn't part of Denmark proper and wasn't at the time.
http://s36.photobucket.com/user/Railman2/media/Geographic%20maps/April%2023/N193WorldWar2Dec1991b.jpg.html
I found this map in the 1991 December issue of National Geographic and memorized the hell out of it. It came in handy on this quiz.
I still have it somewhere in the basement.
Might be difficult for you to confess, but the sad truth is that Finland was ally to the nazis 1941-1944. There was even a Finnish battalion of volunteers in the SS.
Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus = USSR
Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia... = Yugoslavia
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FINLAND is the only country who has EVER stopped the Red Russian War Machine. Ohhhh yes, we rule! ;)
Finland fought alongside Germany for years, not months.
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"Doo do doo. Don't notice us. Nothing to see here. "
(+ Montenegro and Singapore)
AND MISSED INDONESIA AND FRANCE
I also forgot Indonesia but somehow remembered all countries attached to it (Brunei Timor etc)