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  1. 2 days ago · The German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

  2. 1 day ago · This is a list of wars involving Germany from 1806. It includes the Confederation of the Rhine , the German Confederation , the North German Confederation , the German Empire , the Weimar Republic , Nazi Germany , the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification in ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › WehrmachtWehrmacht - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · The Wehrmacht (German pronunciation: [ˈveːɐ̯maxt] ⓘ, lit. ' defence force ') were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force).

    • 18,000,000 (total served)
    • 18–45
  5. Apr 30, 2024 · Albrecht Theodor Emil, count von Roon (born April 30, 1803, Pleushagen, near Kolberg, Pomerania [now Kołobrzeg, Pol.]—died Feb. 23, 1879, Berlin) was a Prussian army officer who, with Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and General Helmuth von Moltke, brought the German Empire into being and made Germany the leading power on the continent of Europe.

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  6. May 15, 2024 · From 1888, Germany had an openly antisemitic emperor, at least in his private remarks. By 1916, in the thick of World War One, the German army commissioned a survey—the so-called Judenzählung (‘Jew count’)—to find out how many Jews were shirking military service. When it turned out that they weren’t, the army tried to suppress the ...

  7. Apr 29, 2024 · Subscribe to topic Subscribe to author. The Withdrawal from Dunkirk. Charles Ernest Cundall (Public Domain) The Dunkirk Evacuation of 26 May to 4 June 1940, known as Operation Dynamo, was the attempt to save the British Expeditionary Force in France from total defeat by an advancing German army.

  8. May 16, 2024 · Alexander von Kluck (born May 20, 1846, Münster, Prussian Westphalia [Germany]—died Oct. 19, 1934, Berlin) was a German general who, in World War I, commanded the 1st Army in the German offensive against Paris at the beginning of the war. Kluck saw service in the Seven Weeks’ War (1866) and in the Franco-German War (1870–71).

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