Map History Of Germany
This video shows the history of germany and austria from the foundation of east francia to today.
Map history of germany. Nazi germany officially known as the german reich until 1943 and greater german reich in 1943 45 was the german state between 1933 and 1945 when adolf hitler and the nazi party nsdap controlled the country which they transformed into a dictatorship under hitler s rule germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. Maps of the history of germany. Germanic peoples occupied much of the present day territory of germany in ancient times.
Germany country of north central europe. The english term germans has historically referred to the german speaking population of the holy roman empire since the late middle ages. The victory of the germanic tribes in the battle of the teutoburg forest ad 9 prevented annexation by the roman empire although the roman provinces.
German confederation 1820 ieg maps kingdom of bohemia 1847. At the end of the war there were some eight million foreign displaced persons in germany. Occupied territories aren t shown until 1789 and all the states inside the hre aren t shown but.
German confederation 1848 ieg maps kingdom of bohemia 1850 justus perthes eastern france. ˈdɔʏtʃlant officially the federal republic of germany german. For old maps showing the history of germany that is maps made over 70 years ago please see category old maps of germany.
Karten der geschichte deutschlands. After the defeat of nazi germany in world war ii germany was divided between the two global blocs in the east and west a period known as the division of germany. The concept of germany as a distinct region in central europe can be traced to roman commander julius caesar who referred to the unconquered area east of the rhine as germania thus distinguishing it from gaul france which he had conquered.
Germany was stripped of its war gains and lost territories in the east to poland and the soviet union. Although germany existed as a loose polity of germanic speaking peoples for millennia a united german nation in roughly its present form dates only to 1871. See subcategories for smaller areas.
Mainly forced laborers and prisoners. Use the right category for maps showing all or a large part of germany. German is the shared mother tongue of a substantial majority of ethnic germans.
Deutsche are a germanic ethnic group native to central europe who share a common german ancestry culture and history. Germany germany history. The franco prussian war 1870 1871 cambridge modern history atlas 1912 germany 1871 ieg maps ethnic and linguistic map of germany 1872 völker und sprachen karte von deutschland.
Bundesrepublik deutschland listen is a country in central and western europe covering an area of 357 022 square kilometres 137 847 sq mi it lies between the baltic and north seas to the north and the alps to the south.
