German Empire

Overview

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich, or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when Germany changed its form of government to a republic. The German Empire consisted of 25 states, each with its own nobility: four constituent kingdoms, six grand duchies, five duchies, seven principalities, three free Hanseatic cities, and one imperial territory. While Prussia was only one of the four kingdoms in the realm, it contained about two-thirds of the Empire's population and territory, and Prussian dominance was also constitutionally established, since the King of Prussia was also the German Emperor.

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Borders & accuracy

Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.

• SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
• DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
• SNAPSHOT1900
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire213

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• World War I1914–18
  World-changing · 20M dead
• Eastern Front (World War I)1914–18
  World-changing · 6.0M dead
• Battle of Verdun1916
  World-changing · 305K dead
• Herero and Nama Genocide1904–08
  World-changing · 65K dead
• East African Campaign (World War I)1914–18
  World-changing
• Battle of the Somme1916
  Major conflict · 310K dead
• Somme Offensive1916
  Major conflict · 310K dead
• Verdun Offensive1916
  Major conflict · 305K dead
• German Conquest of Kamerun1884–1907
  Major conflict
• Abushiri Revolt1888–90
  Major conflict
• Hehe Wars1891–98
  Major conflict
• Battle of Waterberg1904
  Major conflict
• Nama War1904–08
  Major conflict
• Battle of Tanga1914
  Major conflict
• Kamerun Campaign1914–16
  Major conflict
• Passchendaele Campaign1917
  Significant · 500K dead
• Yihetuan Movement (Boxer Rebellion)1899–1901
  Significant · 100K dead
• Adibo dali1896
  Significant · 430 dead
• Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby1914
  Significant · 137 dead
• Skirmish at Joncherey1914
  Significant · 2 dead
• Battle of Lugalo1891
  Significant
• Bakweri Wars1891–94
  Significant
• Bafut Wars1891–1907
  Significant
• Herero Wars1904–08
  Significant

+ 189 more in the atlas.