During the Second World War, the Third Reich occupied and held for a long time almost all European countries, as well as a significant part of the territory of the Soviet Union. The main conductor and basis of the “new order” policy was the German Wehrmacht. After the end of the war, former German generals did everything to whitewash the Wehrmacht and blame the SS and the Nazi Party for its crimes. Attempts to divide the occupiers into “good Wehrmacht” and “bad SS” continue to this day. This book is dedicated to elucidating the role of the Wehrmacht and its command in the formation and implementation of occupation policy and, based on a wealth of factual material, tells how the Nazis ruled the occupied countries .