Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II
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Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II refers to the series of aggressive territorial gains achieved through political pressure, annexations, and occupations in Europe prior to the outbreak of the war in 1939.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II Context triple: [German annexation of the Hlučín Region, partOf, Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II]
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A.
Germany in World War II
Germany in World War II was the Nazi-led European Axis power responsible for initiating the conflict, perpetrating the Holocaust, and waging large-scale military campaigns across Europe and beyond from 1939 to 1945.
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B.
Nazi war aims
Nazi war aims encompassed an expansionist, genocidal program to conquer and colonize Eastern Europe, subjugate or exterminate its populations, and establish German racial and political dominance.
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C.
Germany Enters the Third Reich
"Germany Enters the Third Reich" is an influential political and economic analysis by American economist Calvin B. Hoover examining Germany’s transition into Nazi rule in the early 1930s.
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D.
Nazi seizure of power
The Nazi seizure of power was the process in early 1933 by which Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party dismantled Germany’s democratic institutions and established a totalitarian dictatorship.
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E.
Territorial changes of World War II
Territorial changes of World War II comprise the extensive redrawing of national borders and transfer of territories in Europe, Asia, and beyond as a result of wartime conquests, occupations, annexations, and postwar peace settlements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II Target entity description: Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II refers to the series of aggressive territorial gains achieved through political pressure, annexations, and occupations in Europe prior to the outbreak of the war in 1939.
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A.
Germany in World War II
Germany in World War II was the Nazi-led European Axis power responsible for initiating the conflict, perpetrating the Holocaust, and waging large-scale military campaigns across Europe and beyond from 1939 to 1945.
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B.
Nazi war aims
Nazi war aims encompassed an expansionist, genocidal program to conquer and colonize Eastern Europe, subjugate or exterminate its populations, and establish German racial and political dominance.
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C.
Germany Enters the Third Reich
"Germany Enters the Third Reich" is an influential political and economic analysis by American economist Calvin B. Hoover examining Germany’s transition into Nazi rule in the early 1930s.
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D.
Nazi seizure of power
The Nazi seizure of power was the process in early 1933 by which Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party dismantled Germany’s democratic institutions and established a totalitarian dictatorship.
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E.
Territorial changes of World War II
Territorial changes of World War II comprise the extensive redrawing of national borders and transfer of territories in Europe, Asia, and beyond as a result of wartime conquests, occupations, annexations, and postwar peace settlements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
foreign policy strategy
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historical process ⓘ territorial expansion ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
collapse of the interwar international order
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outbreak of World War II ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| enabledBy |
appeasement policy of Britain and France
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weakness of the League of Nations ⓘ |
| followedBy | German military campaigns in World War II ⓘ |
| geographicRegion | Europe ⓘ |
| goal |
acquisition of Lebensraum in Eastern Europe
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revision of the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ unification of all ethnic Germans ⓘ |
| ideologicalBasis |
Lebensraum doctrine
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Nazism ⓘ pan-Germanism ⓘ |
| justificationUsed |
reversal of perceived injustices of Versailles
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self-determination of Germans ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
Anschluss of Austria
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Anti-Comintern Pact ⓘ Munich Agreement ⓘ Nazi–Soviet Non-Aggression Pact negotiations ⓘ Rome–Berlin Axis formation ⓘ
linked to:
Rome–Berlin Axis
annexation of the Memel Territory ⓘ annexation of the Saar after the 1935 plebiscite ⓘ creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ establishment of the Slovak client state ⓘ occupation of the Sudetenland ⓘ occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia ⓘ pressure on Poland over Danzig and the Polish Corridor ⓘ remilitarization of the Rhineland ⓘ withdrawal from the League of Nations ⓘ |
| leader | Adolf Hitler ⓘ |
| method |
annexation
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diplomatic coercion ⓘ military threat ⓘ occupation ⓘ political pressure ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Czechoslovakia
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France ⓘ Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| policyInstrument |
bilateral treaties with neighboring states
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propaganda about ethnic Germans abroad ⓘ rearmament ⓘ threat of war ⓘ |
| politicalRegime | Nazi regime ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Weimar Republic foreign policy
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linked to:
Treaties of the Weimar Republic
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| timePeriodEnd | 1939 ⓘ |
| timePeriodStart | 1933 ⓘ |
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Subject: Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II Description of subject: Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II refers to the series of aggressive territorial gains achieved through political pressure, annexations, and occupations in Europe prior to the outbreak of the war in 1939.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
German annexation of the Hlučín Region
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partOf
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Nazi Germany's territorial expansion before World War II
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