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The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) was a city-state under the protection and oversight of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 other small localities in the surrounding areas. [4]
Wartheland was the only Gau constituted solely from annexed territory, [3] Danzig-West Prussia comprised also former German areas and the former Free City of Danzig. The occupied General Government remained outside Nazi Germany. The annexation violated international law (in particular, the Hague Convention IV 1907).
Subdivision of Polish territories during World War II can be divided into several phases. The territories of the Second Polish Republic were first administered first by Nazi Germany (in the west) and the Soviet Union (in the east), then (following the German invasion of the Soviet Union) in their entirety by Nazi Germany, and finally (following Soviet push westwards) by the Soviet Union again.
General Government – 1942: Polish People's Republic – 1956-90: See also: Free City of Danzig – 1812: Officially the Kingdom/Tsardom of Poland in a personal union with the Russian Empire. Incorporated in a real union in 1832. Fully integrated in 1867 as the Vistula Land: See also: Free City of Danzig – 1930
German-occupied Europe at the height of the Axis conquests in 1942 Gaue, Reichsgaue and other administrative divisions of Germany proper in January 1944. According to the Treaty of Versailles, the Territory of the Saar Basin was split from Germany for at least 15 years. In 1935, the Saarland rejoined Germany in a lawful way after a plebiscite.
Free City of Danzig, 1920–1939 . Territories lost to Poland, 1945 . Territories lost to the Soviet Union, 1945 ... This map is saved in human-editable plain text ...
General Government – 1942: Polish People's Republic – 1956-90: See also: Free City of Danzig – 1812: Officially the Kingdom/Tsardom of Poland in a personal union with the Russian Empire. Incorporated in a real union in 1832. Fully integrated in 1867 as the Vistula Land: See also: Free City of Danzig – 1930
Danzig, Danzig Region, Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, Greater German Reich Siege of Danzig: Dietrich von Saucken: 2nd Belorussian Front. Polish rebels. 7 March 1945 15 March 1945 30 March 1945 2 weeks and 1 day Now called Gdańsk. Demyansk, Army Group Rear Area Command: Demyansk Pocket: 22 February 1942: 8 February 1942: 20 May 1942