A cikin bazara na 1940, Jamus ta ci Denmark da Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, da kuma Faransa tilasta gwamnatin Faransa ta rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta bayan sojojin Jamus sun mamaye mafi yawan kasar. Birtaniya ta mayar da hare-haren jiragen sama na Jamus a yakin Birtaniya a wannan shekarar. A 1941, sojojin Jamus sun mamaye Yugoslavia, Girka da Tarayyar Soviet. A shekara ta 1942, Jamus da sauran rundunonin Axis sun mallaki mafi yawan ƙasashen Turai da Arewacin Afirka, amma bayan nasarar da Tarayyar Turai ta yi a yakin Stalingrad, da abokan tarayya na Arewacin Afirka da kuma mamayewar Italiya a 1943, sojojin Jamus sun sha wahala a cikin kisan kare dangi. A watan Yunin 1944, gwamnatin Jamus ta tura kasashen yammacin Turai da na yammacin Turai zuwa kasar Jamus, kuma ta tilasta wa gwamnatin Faransa ta sanya hannu a kan yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta bayan sojojin Jamus sun mamaye mafi yawan kasar. A ƙarshen yakin duniya na biyu, gwamnatin Jamus ta yi amfani da tsarin Nazi don kashe dubban 'yan gudun hijira na Jamus, ciki har da' yan gudun hijira na Nazi da 'yan gudun hijira na Nazi, da kuma' yan gudun hijira
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