Flight and expulsion of Germans during and after World War II
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Flight and expulsion of Germans during and after WWII can refer to:
- German exodus from Eastern EuropeGerman exodus from Eastern EuropeThe German exodus from Eastern Europe describes the dramatic reduction of ethnic German populations in lands to the east of present-day Germany and Austria. The exodus began in the aftermath of World War I and was implicated in the rise of Nazism. It culminated in expulsions of Germans from...
from World War I up to today - Flight and evacuation of German civilians during the end of World War IIFlight and evacuation of German civilians during the end of World War IIPlans to evacuate German population from the occupied territories in Central and Eastern Europe and from Eastern Germany were prepared by German authorities at the end of World War II. However, the evacuation in most of the areas was delayed until the last moment, when it was too late to conduct it...
- Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950)