German-occupied Europe REFERS to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly occupied and civil-occupied (including puppet governments) by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945, during and shortly before World War II, generally administered by the Nazi regime.[1] The German Wehrmacht occupied European territory:as FAR east as the town of Mozdok in the northern Caucasus in the Soviet Union (1942–1943)as far north as the settlement of Barentsburg in Svalbard in the Kingdom of Norwayas far south as the island of Gavdos in the Kingdom of Greeceas far west as the island of Ushant in the French RepublicEurope at the height of German military expansion, 1942Outside of Europe proper, German forces effectively controlled AREAS of North Africa in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia under ostensible British, Italian and Vichy French rule at times between 1941 and 1943. German military SCIENTISTS established the Schatzgräber weather station base (1943–1944) as far north as Alexandra Land in Franz Josef Land – arguably part of Asia. Manned German weather stations also operated in North America (Greenland: Holzauge [de], Bassgeiger [de], Edelweiss base [de] – 1942–1944). Additionally, German Kriegsmarine vessels operated in all of the world's OCEANS throughout the war.