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What Life Was Like Under Nazi Occupation?

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The most quickly felt impact of German occupation was general shortage. All products of value were seized by the Germans, and French citizens received ration cards for just about everything. Coal and fuel were difficult to get, so people were freezing in winter time, made their own clothes, and mostly used bicycles. Food shortage was most felt in cities : meat, coffee, fruit, sugar, almost everything was scarce. As rutabagas and Jerusalem artichokes became staple diets, there was immediately a thriving black market. Wholesale dealers of “butter, eggs and cheese” made fortunes buying restricted products from farmers.

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How Did Germany Defeat France So Easily In WW2?

how did germany defeat france so easily in ww2

It was a combination of factors.

One thing that’s very overplayed is the Maginot Line; the line of fortifications that France built along its border with Germany. In the popular imagination people often say that the French sat behind the Maginot Line and the Germans went around it through Belgium, but that’s just completely false. The French in fact built the Maginot Line to force the Germans to go through Belgium. The French sent their best forces and tanks to Belgium when the Germans attacked.

But what happened is that the Germans took a big gamble that paid off. Belgium can be roughly divided into two parts:

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June 22, 1941, Germany invades the Soviet Union

Why did they invade the Soviet Union?

Operation Barbarossa was an operation created out of necessity as much as anything else. The previous successful campaigns against Poland and France were successful, but were costly to the German economy. Germany lacked key resources, particularly oil. Germany’s attempts to produce synthetic oil in any great quantity had been unsuccessful. Russia offered Germany a huge supply of oil, plentiful supplies of labor for German industry and to a more ideological degree, lebensraum, the notion of living space for the German people.

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German war criminals laugh at a translation error during the Nuremburg Trials, 1945.

The translation error:

Joseph Goebbels wurde hingerichtet

Joseph Goebbels was executed

but it say Joseph Goebbels war ein heißer Typ

Joseph Goebbels was a hot guy

In the front row of the prisoners’ box are, left to right: Hermann Goering (suicide before execution), Rudolf Hess (life imprisonment), Joachim Von Ribbentrop (hanged) and Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (hanged)

In the back row, left to right: Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz (imprisoned, 10 years), Grand Admiral Erich Raeder (life imprisonment), Baldur Von Schirach (imprisoned, 20 years) and Fritz Sauckel (hanged).

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German City Installs Sleep Pods for People Experiencing Homelessness

The city of Ulm launched a creative program to help the homeless find emergency shelter at night and 6 entrepreneurs and technical experts rose to the challenge. They created a series of sleeping capsules, or ‘nests,’ that are perfect for those who are very reluctant to go to traditional shelters. The capsules allow the homeless to get some sleep, as well as to stay warm in winter when it’s incredibly dangerous to be outside. The pods can fit up to two people and can also be locked, ensuring full safety.

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