Editing History of the German Reich

{{Infobox country|name=German Reich|native_name=Deutsches Reich|image_flag=Flag of Germany.svg|life_span=1933–1947|image_flag2=[[File:German Nazi Flag.png]]|flag_caption=Left: Flag from 1918-1933<br>Right: Flag from 1933-1945|established_event1=[[First World War|Armistice of 11 November 1918]]|established_date1=1918|established_event2=[[November Revolution]]|established_date2=1918-1919|established_event3=[[Treaty of Versailles]]|established_date3=1919|established_event4=[[Occupation of the Ruhr]]|established_date4=1923-1925|established_event5=[[Beer Hall Putsch]]|established_date5=1923|established_event6=<i>Mein Kampf</i> published|established_date6=1925|established_event7=[[Wall Street Crash of 1929]]|established_date7=1929|established_event8=[[Adolf Hitler]] becomes [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]|established_date8=1933|established_event9=[[Reichstag fire]] & [[Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State|Decree]]|established_date9=1933|established_event10=[[Enabling Act of 1933]]|established_date10=1933|established_event11=[[Hitler]] becomes a dictator, [[Nazi Germany]] is born|established_date11=1933|established_event12=[[Night of the Long Knives]]|established_date12=1934|established_event13=[[Remilitarization of the Rhineland]]|established_date13=1936|established_event14=<i>[[Anschluss]]</i>|established_date14=1938|established_event15=[[Munich Agreement]]|established_date15=1938|established_event16=[[Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)|German invasion of Czechoslovakia]]|established_date16=1939|established_event17=[[Second World War]]|established_date17=1939-1945|established_event18=[[The Holocaust]]|established_date18=1941-1945|established_event19=[[German Instrument of Surrender]]|established_date19=1945|established_event20=Official abolition|established_date20=1947}}

The '''history of the German Reich''' begins in 1918, following the end of the [[First World War]] and the establishment of the [[German Reich (1918–1933)|Weimar-based German Reich]]. In 1933, the German Reich was transformed into a [[Fascism|fascist]] [[state]] under the rule of the [[National Socialist German Workers' Party]] (NSDAP) known as [[Nazi Germany]]. The ''de facto'' end of the German Reich came on 9 May 1945 when the Nazi military commander [[Wilhelm Keitel]] officially surrendered to the [[United Nations]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4497947.stm 'I remember the German surrender']</ref> On 25 February 1947, the [[Free State of Prussia]] was officially abolished by [[Control Council Law No. 46]], marking the ''de jure'' end of the German Reich. With the end of the German Reich, [[Allied-occupied Germany]] existed with the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] (USSR), [[French Republic]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]] (UK), and the [[United States of America]] (USA) all having occupation zones in [[Germany]].

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