// Modern era
Nazi Germany
- Period
- AD 1936 – AD 1944
- Duration
- approx. 8 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1943
- Area (max.)
- approx. 3.3 million km²
Period and duration
Nazi Germany — according to the map data from AD 1936 to AD 1944, roughly 8 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Nazi Germany — greatest extent around AD 1943: the mapped borders then cover about 3.3 million km², roughly 2.2% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1935)
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Kingdom of Norway
- Weimar Republic
- French Third Republic
After
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- French Fourth Republic
- Kingdom of Norway
Neighbours around AD 1943
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- British Empire
- Vichy France
- United States of America
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Estado Novo
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1943 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Nazi Germany on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.