If you include the rest of the axis powers, name a European country other than Switzerland, russia and England and the odds are that the Nazi's controlled it. if you count only German controlled countries, the Scandinavian states(Not including Finland), Poland, Austria and Hungary, the balkan states, Greece(technically Italian, but the Nazi's pretty much conquered it for them.), belgium and Denmark, France, and that's about it.
Spain was neutral, as was Switzerland.
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Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg & France
The Third Reich during World War II occupied or captured 15 countries in World War II. That included Italy which was a direct ally before the war began.
By the end of 1940 Germany occupied France, Netherlans, Belgium, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Luxembourg, Austria, Norway, Few british channel islands.
In 1936 Germany did not control any other country.
In 1936, just Germany. Expansion started in 1938 with the annexation of Austria,
9 countries *Austria (1938) *Czech Republic (1938 and 1939); Slovakia became German satellite in 1939. *Poland (1939) *Denmark (1940) *Norway (1940) *Luxembourg (1940) *Netherlands (1940) *Belgium (1940) *France (1940) Plus the Channel Islands
All the countries that were against Germany were already in the fighting. Many smaller countries had contingent of troops landing on D-Day.
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Many European countries entered into alliances before the Great War, for example Germany and Austria-Hungary in the Dual alliance in 1879. The Dual Alliance was a defensive alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary, which pledged to aid one another in case of an attack by Russia.
App. 150 countries of the world, 37 of them European, have U.S. troops located in/reserved for them.