"Germany"

The Kingdom of Germany is called "the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation", which is the ancient German Empire, or the first empire. 1806, the empire was overthrown by Napoleon I.

The second Reich. The Second Reich refers to the German Empire of1871-1918, which was unified by Prussia through three dynastic wars. 1870 In the Franco-Prussian War, Prussia defeated France, and in June 65438 +087 1 654381October 18, King William I of Prussia was crowned as the German emperor at the Palace of Versailles in France.

The Third Reich. Hitler called himself the Third Reich, which was Nazi Germany.

Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and German Democratic Republic (East Germany).

Germanic languages in German or Chinese come from the same English name, German. This name probably began in 90 BC and refers to people who migrated from southern Scandinavia to Central Europe. And "Germany" is the language used by these tribes, which eventually evolved into the name of the place of residence, and thus became "German Empire" and "Germany".

As a geographical unit, Germany has been divided several times in history. The last split occurred in the late 1940s, when Germany was divided into two countries: East Germany (FRG) and West Germany (German Democratic Republic, GDR). And reunited on1October 31990 10. In this entry, Germany is understood as a country after the unification of East and West Germany in 1990. For Germany in other periods in history, we can refer to the explanation of related terms, such as the German Democratic Republic.