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On June 22, 1941, Operation Barbarossa was launched. This was the codename for the German invasion of the Soviet Union. However, this invasion was a failure as Soviet Troops pushed German forces backwards. This marked a crucial turning point in the War.

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On May 10, 1940, German forces also invaded the Netherlands. Within five days, the Dutch army surrendered and the Netherlands fell under Nazi control. The Netherlands was home to around 150,000 Jews. After Hitler came into power, many German Jews had fled to the Netherlands where they believed they would be safe from persecution.

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After invading Denmark and Norway, German forces invaded France on May 10, 1940. By June 22, 1940, French troops surrendered. This left France divided into two separate zones, with the upper part controlled by Nazi Germany.

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The Nazis invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. By September 28, 1939, German troops managed to successfully invaded and occupy Poland, and was divided up between the Soviets and the Germans. As a result, Britain and France declared war on Germany. The majority of the Polish population were forced to move to make space for Germans. Thousands of Polish politicians and citizens were arrested, killed, and brutally tortured.

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On March 15, 1939, after breaking the terms of the Munich Pact, Hitler invaded and occupied the Czech provinces of Moravia, as well as Bohemia. During this time, many Jews were persecuted. fourteen-thousand out of the three-hundred fifty thousand Jews remained alive in Czechoslovakia after WW2.