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GERMAN REICH
GERMAN REICH
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reference
to the
German empire
formed in 1871 when the many small
German
states
were first united into a
single
political
group
. It ended after
Germany
's defeat in
World
War
I (1914 - 1918) when the
German
emperor fled to The Netherlands.
Reich
is
German
for "
empire
."
—NVRD Approved Glossary