Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1933 – 1945

Nazi Germany

A state of 1933 – 1945 — 12 years in Europe. It replaced Prussia, Weimar Republic and Free City of Danzig and 2 more. It was replaced by Soviet occupation zone of Germany, American occupation zone in Germany and British occupation zone in Germany and 1 more. The atlas records 139 things within it — wars and battles 81 · unrest and atrocity 27 · treaties 6 · people 25. Its line of rulers holds 6 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
12 years
1933 – 1945
Rulers
6
the president of Germany
Most ground
3.30 million km²
in 1943
Within it
139
recorded rows
Symbols
3
on record, with years
Map: Nazi Germany in 1943, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Nazi Germany in 1943, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 3.30 million km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Free City of Danzig: 1920 – 1939Prussia: 1525 – 1933Weimar Republic: 1918 – 1933Nazi Germany: 1933 – 1945

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

After it

  • Soviet occupation zone of Germany · replaced by
  • American occupation zone in Germany · replaced by
  • British occupation zone in Germany · replaced by
  • French occupation zone in Germany · replaced by

Rulers

The line of president of Germany.

Paul von Hindenburg · 1925 – 1934 · died in office of natural causesWilhelm Marx · 1926 – 1928 · left office aliveFranz von Papen · 1932 – 1932 · left office aliveAdolf Hitler · 1934 – 1945 · died by suicideLutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk · 1945 – 1945 · left office aliveKarl Dönitz · 1945 – 1945 · left office alive193419361938194019421944
died in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Paul von Hindenburg1925 – 19349 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Wilhelm Marx1926 – 19282 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Franz von Papen1932 – 1932under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Adolf Hitler1934 – 194511 yearsdied by suicideWikidata's manner of death
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk1945 – 1945under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Karl Dönitz1945 – 1945under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone

6 rulers, 6 with terms dated as terms, covering 1925 – 1945. Only 20 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 1 of 5 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 1.00, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

193819391940194119421943

623,400 km² in 1938, 3.30 million km² in 1943. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Reichsadler Deutsches Reich (1935–1945)
    coat of arms, undatedReichsadler Deutsches Reich (1935–1945) · Public domain
  • Flag of Germany (1933–1935)
    flag, 1933 – 1935Flag of Germany (1933–1935) · Public domain
  • Flag of Germany (1935–1945)
    flag, 1935 – 1945Flag of Germany (1935–1945) · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1900 – 1999137 rows · 81 wars and battles · 27 risings, regime changes and massacres

and 129 more in the atlas.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood12 years

    stood longer than 19% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held3,296,300 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 95% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per century1.0

    had more wars on record per century than 94% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • Rulers on record6

    has more rulers on record than 69% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 34 causes the record names and 4 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Treaty of Versailles · Argued · 1919 · “The Treaty of Versailles is often blamed for the resentment and economic strain the Nazis exploited; historians of the peace have argued that the blame is ove…”Treaty of VersaillesFederal State of Austria · Linked · 1934 – 1938Federal State of AustriaPrussia · Linked · 1525 – 1933PrussiaSoviet-Finnish wars · Linked · 1917 – 1944Soviet-Finnish warsWeimar Republic · Linked · 1918 – 1933Weimar RepublicRepublic of Lithuania · Linked · 1918 – 1940Republic of LithuaniaNazi Germany · 1933 – 1945Nazi GermanySoviet occupation zone of Germany · Linked · 1945 – 1949Soviet occupation zone of GermanyBritish occupation zone in Germany · Linked · 1945 – 1949British occupation zone in GermanyFrench occupation zone in Germany · Linked · 1945 – 1955French occupation zone in GermanyAmerican occupation zone in Germany · Linked · 1945American occupation zone in Germ…1600170018001900
arguedlinked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Theories that apply to its ending

Of 3 theories of why states fall, 1 has every condition present at this ending; each is applied by its own logic, condition by condition, and whether its authors named this case is a footnote.

  • Demographic-structural breakdown

    Goldstone 1991 · Turchin & Nefedov 2009

    Applies by its own logic: 2 of its 3 conditions held here (it needs 2), and this is the kind of outcome it predicts — unrest, adverse regime change or the state's ending.

    • overlapping reigns — rival claimants — within 20 y, or 3 or more changes of ruler within 20 y, or 2 or more reigns of two years or less within 20 y, or a monarch deposed or killed within 20 y — rivalClaimants -8; handovers 5; shortReigns 2
    • a war the state is fighting, still under way, or a war the state fought, ended within 10 y — warOngoing; warEnded

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q7318 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.