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Third Reich was the Nazi regime in Germany, 1933-1945.

ORIGIN: German: 'Reich' meaning 'empire.'

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The word "Reich" has two meaning.

The first one is reign or Kingdom. Some examples: das Reich Der Franken (The reign of Franks), das Kingdom Der Langobarden (The Kingdom of Lombard).

The second one is that of Imperium. Some examples: das Heiliges Roemische Imperium (The Sacred Roman Empire), das Britisches Imperium ( The British Empire).

When in 1871 it was proclaimed The German Empire, it was called "das Deutsches Kaiserreich" to mean the union of all German Kingdoms and Principalities under the rule of the King of Prussia. But for "practical motivations"

it soon became "das Deutsches Reich" (The German Empire).

After the WW 1, the exile of the Emperor and the proclamation of a Federal Republic, its appellation did not change, remaining that of "Deutches Reich", but

its meaning was that of "State" rather than that of "Empire".

After the advent of Nazism the official appellation of Deutsches Reich" did not change either, but Germany was conventionally called by its dictatorial ruler and his associates "The Third Reich" , to distinguish it from the first "Kaiserreich" and the second "Reich", a weak republican state which did not and could not represent the real potential power and (as per their ideology) the legitimate aspirations of the whole Germany to become the world's leader nation.

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