The eastern Reichskommissariats in the vast stretches of Ukraine and Russia were also intended for future integration into that Reich, with plans for them stretching to the Volga or even beyond the Urals, where the potential westernmost reaches of Imperial Japanese influence would have existed, following an Axis victory in World War II. The goal was to unite all or as many as possible ethnic Germans and Germanic peoples, including non-Germanic speaking ones considered "Aryans", in a Greater Germanic Reich. In the coming Nazi New Order, other lands were considered for annexation sooner or later, for instance North Schleswig, German-speaking Switzerland, and the zone of intended German settlement in north-eastern France, where a Gau or a Reichskommissariat centred on Burgundy was intended for creation, and which Heinrich Himmler wanted to turn into the SS's very own fiefdom. Pas-de-Calais, Provisional Government of the French Republic Nord, Provisional Government of the French Republic Planned annexations Areas announced for annexation to GermanyĬomines-Warneton, Wallonia, Kingdom of Belgium Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral General Government for the Occupied Polish Territories General Government for the Occupied Polish Territories / General Government The territories listed below are those that were partially incorporated into the Greater German Reich. Territory of the Chief of Civil Administration of Bialystokĭunkirk, Nord, Provisional Government of the French Republic Military Administration in the Soviet Union
Territory of the Chief of Civil Administration of Lower Styria Territory of the Chief of Civil Administration of Carinthia and Carniola
Territory of the Chief of Civil Administration of Alsace Territory of the Chief of Civil Administration of Lorraine Territory of the Chief of Civil Administration of Luxembourg Territory of the Chief of Civil Administration of DanzigĮupen-Malmedy, Liège, Wallonia, Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France Sudetenland, Moravia-Silesia, Czechoslovak Republic Territory of the Chief of Civil Administration of the Sudetenland Sudetenland, Bohemia, Czechoslovak Republic The territories listed below are those that were fully annexed into Germany proper. In 1935, the Saarland rejoined Germany in a lawful way after a plebiscite. Gaue, Reichsgaue and other administrative divisions of Germany proper in January 1944Īccording to the Treaty of Versailles, the Territory of the Saar Basin was split from Germany for at least 15 years.