Puppet States of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
Further information: Axis powers of World War II and Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War IISeveral European governments under the domination of Germany and Italy during World War II have been described as "puppet régimes". The formal means of control in occupied Europe varied greatly. These states fall into several categories.
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“the San Marco Library,
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In logic and in natural law
By sucking at the dugs of Greece.”
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