did Hitler ever vissit the occupied countries

i found this picture on the net but i looks very 'photo shop'ed'

There's an issue of After the Battle magazine with a whole series of photos of Hitler taken on that trip. No question that I know of that they are authentic. They were taken by Hitler's personal photographer. Contact me at my e-mail address if you would like details.

Hitler did indeed visit France, as well as Austria, which was 'annexed'. As for other countries, I am not so sure, so I'll leave that up to the WWII pros in this group. As for the picture being doctored, who knows? Could have been done now or back then, or perhaps it is an actual undoctored photo.

Hitler did indeed visit Paris for a few hours one day. I have seen this photo, in better quality, in several books about Hitler or the war.

Although not an occupied country Hitler did visit Finland by surprise one day to celebrate the 75th birthday of Marshall Mannerheim, who remarked how like a corporal Hitler looked and acted.

I think Hitler had a forward headquarters in some part of occupied Poland for a while. This was apart from the Prussia headquarters which might now be in Poland.

John Dupre'

commented April 11 about the Subject question:

This photo may have been touched up (60 years ago) but looks authentic. Hitler visited Compiegne (for the surrender ceremony) and Paris briefly in 1940, accompanied by Albert Speer (in the dark coat, foreground) and Max Amann, who knew Paris well. He stayed only a few hours.

Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

He came to Warsaw (on board of armoured train 'Amerika'?)on 5th October 1939. See: http://www.antoranz.net/CURIOSA/ZBIOR3/C0310/05- QZC07087-defilada-zwy...

Piotr Lipski

I'm pretty sure from memory that Hitler also visited German troops in Russia on at least one occasion.

GB

Yes, Hitler visited Paris and Poland. In fact, during a good portion of the war with the Soviet Union, Hitler's headquarters (codename: Werewolf) was in the Ukraine at Vinnitsa.

It is interesting that this man who brought so much death and misery to the world, including his own people, refused to look at any of this in the face. Goebbels begged him to visit the bombed cities and he adamantly refused. Speer tells the story of the train Hitler and his entourage were on which pulled up next to a hospital train carrying wounded soldiers. Hitler ordered the blinds closed so that he wouldn't see any of the wounded.

On the other side, Churchill constantly visited the bombed areas in Britain, wanted to go in with the troops on D-Day and visited the front on other occasions. Although FDR didn't visit the front himself, no doubt due to his health and disability, his wife Eleanor did and visited the wounded.

Hitler visited Maribor (Marburg), in present day Slovenia.