17-18th century, all developed into great powers in the European continent at that time. /kloc-At the beginning of the 0/9th century, Napoleon occupied Germany and cancelled the title of Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in Germany, and the nominally Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist. /kloc-In the second half of the 9th century, Prussia achieved the unification of Germany under the control of Prussia through three dynastic wars.
1864 After the war against Denmark, Prussia and Austria forced Denmark to cede Schleswig-Holstein. 1866 In the war between Prussia and Austria, Austria was defeated and had to leave the German Confederation. After the disintegration of the German Confederation, it was replaced by the North German Confederation led by Prussia, including all the states north of the Main River.
Prussia defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War that broke out in 1870. On June 65438+1October 18 of the following year, King William I of Prussia was crowned as the German Emperor in the Palace of Versailles, France, that is, the "Second Reich of Germany". This is the first real reunification of Germany. World War I broke out in 19 14, and ended with the defeat of Germany and the disintegration of the German Empire.
The war also led to the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany for the first time, which was called "Weimar Republic" in history. 193365438+1On October 30th, Hitler established a fascist dictatorship and declared the end of Weimar Republic. This fascist Germany ruled by Hitler is called the "German Third Reich".
1March 939, the fascist Germans entered Czechoslovakia; 1 September 9391day, the Germans marched into Poland and launched the second world war. A total of 6/kloc-0 countries participated in this world war, and more than 50 million people died, which plunged the world into darkness. 1On May 8, 945, Germany signed the surrender.
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The Federal Republic of Germany, referred to as Germany for short, is a federal parliamentary republic in central Europe. It borders Denmark in the north, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the west, Switzerland and Austria in the south, and the Czech Republic and Poland in the east.
The whole country consists of 16 federal states, with Berlin as the capital, with a land area of 357 167 square kilometers, a mild climate and a population of about 8 165438+ 10,000. It is the most populous country in the European Union, with Germans as the main ethnic group.
The ancestors of the Germans were Germanic people who lived in Central Europe in ancient times. /kloc-in the 0/0 century, the Germans established the Holy Roman Empire and then split. 187 1 year, Prussia unified the German states, established the German Empire, provoked two world wars and was defeated. 1945 is split into two parts.
1990 10 year 10.3, the German Democratic Republic officially joined the Federal Republic of Germany, realizing the reunification of the two countries. At present, Germany is the largest economy in Europe, one of the founding members of the European Union, and an important member of international organizations such as NATO, Schengen Convention, G8 and the United Nations.