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1943-SEP-23


Greater German Empire : GREATER GERMANY [Nazi Germany Third Reich]
(Berlin a + Berchtesgaden r + Forst Goerlitz fm)

Greater German Empire : GREATER GERMANY
[Nazi Germany Third Reich]

Flag or logo since 1935-09-16*
GROßDEUTSCHES Reich (de) PCA Member
Emblem or Symbol*

Reichpresident Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
(ruler of GREATER GERMANY since 1934-08-02)
 
 
 
 
Capitals & administrative places*: Berlin a + Berchtesgaden r + Forst Goerlitz fm
(Berlin + Berchtesgaden + Forst Görlitz)
a administrative, national or political capital (also ruler's residence)
f planned as future capital
m military capital
r ruler's residence (royal or presidential, primary or secondary)
Official & national languages: German (de) .

Mainland:


GREATER GERMANY Greater GERMAN Empire  (Berlin + Berchtesgaden + Forst Goerlitz)

15 Federated Divisions:

ANHALT State of ANHALT [Administration from Prussian District of Magdeburg-Anhalt]  ((Dessau))Local: Land ANHALT (de)  ((Dessau))
BADEN-ALSACE State of BADEN [District of Baden-Alsace]  (Carlsruhe + Strasbourg)Local: Land BADEN : Gau Baden-Elsaß (de)  (Karlsruhe + Straßburg)
BAVARIA State of BAVARIA  (Munich)Local: Land BAYERN (de)  (München)
BREMEN State of BREMEN [Administration from Oldenburgian District of Weser-Ems]  ((Bremen))Local: Land BREMEN (de)  ((Bremen))
BRUNSWICK State of BRUNSWICK [Administration from Prussian District of South Hanover-Brunswick]  ((Brunswick))Local: Land BRAUNSCHWEIG (de)  ((Braunschweig))
HAMBURG Hanseatic City of HAMBURG  (Hamburg)Local: Hansestadt HAMBURG (de)  (Hamburg)
HESSE State of HESSE [Administration from Prussian District of Hesse-Nassau]  ((Darmstadt))Local: Land HESSEN (de)  ((Darmstadt))
LIPPE State of LIPPE [Administration from Prussian District of Wesphalia-North]  ((Detmold))Local: Land LIPPE (de)  ((Detmold))
MECKLENBURG State of MECKLENBURG  (Schwerin)Local: Land MECKLENBURG (de)  (Schwerin)
OLDENBURG State of OLDENBURG  (Oldenburg)Local: Land OLDENBURG (de)  (Oldenburg)
PRUSSIA State of PRUSSIA  (Berlin)Local: Land PREUßEN (de)  (Berlin)
SAXONY State of SAXONY  (Dresden)Local: Land SACHSEN (de)  (Dresden)
SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE State of SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE [Administration from Prussian District of Wesphalia-North]  ((Bueckeburg))Local: Land SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE (de)  ((Bückeburg))
THURINGIA State of THURINGIA  (Weimar)Local: Land THÜRINGEN (de)  (Weimar)
WURTTEMBERG State of WURTTEMBERG  (Stuttgart)Local: Land WÜRTTEMBERG (de)  (Stuttgart)



19 Assisted Entities

BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA German Imperial Protectorate of BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA  (Prague a + Lany r) President Emil Hacha
BULGARIA Kingdom of BULGARIA [Regency Council of the Bulgarian Empire]  (Sofia) Tsar Boris III the Unifier
CROATIA Independent State of CROATIA [Ustashe Croatia]  (Zagreb) Poglavnik Ante Pavelich
DENMARK Kingdom of DENMARK [German Protectorate]  (Copenhagen) King Christian X
FREE UKRAINE Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council : USLC [Ukrainian Insurgency Army]  (Kolky) Dmitriy Klyachkivskiy
FRENCH STATE FRENCH State [Government of Vichy – German Occupation]  (Vichy q + Paris c) Marshal Philippe Petain
GERMAN UKRAINE German Imperial Commission of UKRAINE  (Rovno) Erich Koch
GREATER ALBANIA German Military Territory of the ALBANIAN Kingdom [Provisional Executive Committee]  (Tirana) Ibrahim Bej Bicakciu
GREEK STATE GREEK State [German Occupation of the Hellenic State]  (Athens a) Ioannis Rallis
ITALY National Republican State of ITALY [Salo Republic]  (Rome c + Salo q + Gargnano b + Verona b) Duce Benito Mussolini
MONACO Principality of MONACO [German Protectorate and Occupation]  (Monaco q) Prince Louis II
MUSCOVY German Imperial Commissariat of MUSCOVY  (Lepel) Bronislav Kaminski
NETHERLANDS German Imperial Commission of THE NETHERLANDS  (Amsterdam a + The Hague b) Leader Anton Mussert
NORWAY National Government of the State of NORWAY [German Imperial Commisson for the Occupied Norwegian Territories]  (Oslo) Vidkun Quisling
OSTLAND German Imperial Commission of Eastland : OSTLAND  (Riga) Hinrich Lohse
RUMANIA Kingdom of RUMANIA  (Bucharest) King Michael I
SERBIA Kingdom of SERBIA [Serbian Government of National Salvation]  (Belgrade) Milan Nedich
SLOVAKIA SLOVAK Republic [German Protectorate]  (Pressburg) President Leader Jozef Tiso
ZUYEV Republic of OLD BELIEVERS [Autonomous Government of Zuyev Republic]  (Zaskarski) Mikhail Zuyev



23 Territories:

ALEXANDRA LAND German Station on ALEXANDRA LAND  (Schatzgraeber)Local: Station auf ALEXANDRALAND (de)  (Schatzgräber)
ATLANTIC WALL Littoral Military Zone : ATLANTIC WALL  (Saint Nazaire)Local: Militärgebiet Litoral : ATLANTIKWALL (de)  (Saint-Nazaire)
BELGIUM AND NORTHERN FRANCE Military Government for BELGIUM AND NORTHERN FRANCE  (Brussels)Local: Militär Gouvernement für die BELGIEN UND NORDFRANKREICH (de)  (Brüssel)
CHAMERIA CHAMERIA Governorate  (Igoumenitsa)Local: Gouvernorat CHAMERIA (de) + Governatorato di CIAMURIA (it) + Guvernator i Çamërisë : ÇAMËRIA (sq)  (Igoumenitsa)
CORSICA Department of CORSICA [German Occupation]  (Ajaccio)Local: Abteilung von KORSIKA (de) + Dipartimento di CORSICA (it)  (Ajaccio)
DANUBE DANUBIAN Territory [German Occupation]  ((Berlin))Local: DONAU-Gebiet (de)  ((Berlin))
DANZIG-WEST PRUSSIA Imperial District of DANZIG-WEST PRUSSIA  (Danzig)Local: Reichsgau DANZIG-WESTPREUßEN (de)  (Danzig)
GENERAL-GOVERNMENT Government-General for The Rest of Poland : GENERAL-GOVERNMENT  (Cracow)Local: GENERALGOUVERNEMENT für Restpolen (de)  (Krakau)
GERMAN CORSICA German Military Governorate of CORSICA  (Bastia)Local: Deutsch Militärgebiet KORSIKA (de)  (Bastia)
HOPEN HOPEN Station  (Helhus)Local: Wetterstation HOPEN (de)  (Helhus)
LITTORAL ZONE Forbidden LITTORAL Military Zone  (Toulon)Local: Militärgebiet LITORAL (de)  (Toulon)
MONTENEGRO German Occupied Territory of MONTENEGRO  (Cetinje)Local: Feldkommandantur MONTENEGRO (de) + Terenska Komanda CRNA GORA : Теренска команда ЦРНА ГОРА (sh)  (Cetinje)
NORTH-EAST GREENLAND Secret German Weather Stations in NORTH-EAST GREENLAND  (Bassgeiger on Shannon Island)Local: Wetterstationen in NORDOST-GRÖNLAND (de)  (Baßgeiger)
OCCUPIED ZONES German Military Administration for France : OCCUPIED ZONES  (Paris)Local: Deutsch Militärverwaltung für Frankreich : BESATZUNGSZONEN (de)  (Paris)
OSTMARK Imperial Districts of OSTMARK [East March Territory]  (Vienna)Local: Reichsgaue OSTMARK (de)  (Wien)
PECHENGA PECHENGA Region [German Occupation]  (Nickel)Local: PETSCHENGA Gebiet (de)  (Nikel)
PINDUS Autonomous Principality of PINDUS  (Metsovo)Local: Fürstentum von PINDOS (de) + Prinkipáto ti̱s PÍNDOU : Πριγκιπάτο της ΠΙΝΔΟΥ (el) + Principato del PINDO (it) + Printsipat di LA PIND (rup)  (Aminciu)
SALONICA-AEGEAN German Military Territory of SALONICA AND AEGEAN  (Thessalonica)Local: Miltärgebiet SALONICH-ÄGÄIS (de)  (Thessalonich)
SOUTHERN GREECE German Military Territory of SOUTHERN GREECE  (Candia)Local: Deutsch Militärischen Gebiet SÜDGRIECHENLAND (de)  (Candia)
SPITZBERG German Weather Stations on SPITZBERG  (Kreuzritter)Local: Wetterstationen in SPITZBERGEN (de)  (Kreuzritter)
SUDETES Imperial District of SUDETENLAND  (Reichenberg)Local: Reichsgau SUDETENLAND (de)  (Reichenberg)
WARTHELAND Imperial District of WARTHELAND  (Posen)Local: Reichsgau Wartheland : WARTHEGAU (de)  (Posen)
WESTMARK Imperial District of WESTMARK [West March]  (Saarbruecken)Local: Reichsgau WESTMARK (de)  (Saarbrücken)

10 Condominiums:

ADRIATIC LITTORAL Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral : ADRIA  (Trieste)Local: Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland : OZAK (de) + Zona d´operazioni del LITORALE ADRIATICO (it) + Operativna Zona JADRANSKO PRIMORJE (hr)  (Trieste)
AUSTRAL AND ANTARCTIC LANDS Territories of AUSTRAL AND ANTARCTIC LANDS  (Port Couvreux v)Local: Territoires des TERRES AUSTRALES ET ANTARCTIQUES (fr)  (Port Couvreux)
BANAT Autonomous German District of BANAT  (Petrovaradin)Local: Volksdeutscher Bezirk BANAT (de) + BANATSKI Okrug : БАНАТСКИ Округ (sh)  (Peterwardein)
CANFRANC RAILWAY STATION CANFRANC Railway Station  (Canfranc Railway Station)Local: Estación Internacional de CANFRANC (es)  (Estación de Canfranc)
FELDSBERG Liechtenstein Property of FELDSBERG [in Breclav District]  (Feldsberg)Local: Zámek VALTICE (cs) + Schloss FELDSBERG (de)  (Feldsberg)
ITALIAN TIENTSIN TIENTSIN Italian Concession [Japanese Occupation]  (Tientsin Italian Concession)Local: Concessione di TIENTSIN (it) + AMATSU Itaria-no Jiyouho : 天津イタリアの譲歩 (ja)  (Tien-Tsin)
KOTOR German Military Administration of KOTOR  (Kotor)Local: Deutsch-Militärverwaltung KOTOR (de) + Provincia di CÀTTARO (it)  (Kotor)
PALACE FARNESE French Embassy in Italy : PALACE FARNESE  (Palace Farnese)Local: Ambassade de France en Italie : PALAIS FARNÈSE (fr) + Ambasciata di Francia in Italia : PALAZZO FARNESE (it)  (Palazzo Farnese)
ROME AND LORETO Neutralized Foundations of ROME AND LORETO  (Villa Bonaparte)Local: Pii Stabilimenti francesi a ROMA E LORETO (it) + Pieux Établissements français à ROME ET LORETTE (fr)  (Villa Bonaparte)
VILLA MEDICI Possession of VILLA MEDICI [Italian Occupation of the French Academy in Rome]  (Villa Medici)Local: Accademia di Francia a Roma : VILLA MEDICI (it) + Académie de France à Rome : Domaine français de la VILLA MÉDICIS (fr)  (Villa Medici)

Dependent Protectorate:

GORALENLAND GORAL Committee  (Zakopane)Local: GORALISCHES Komitee (de)  (Zakopane)



7 Governments or Movements in Exile

ARAUCANIA AND PATAGONIA Kingdom of ARAUCANIA AND PATAGONIA-in-Exile  (Paris) King Antoine III
BIELORUSSIA BELARUSSIAN National Republic [Belorussian Republic in Exile]  (Prague) Mikola Abramchyk
COSSACKIA COSSACK National Liberation Movement  (Paris + Prague) Ignat Arkhipovich Bilyi
GEORGIA-IN-EXILE National Government of GEORGIA-IN-EXILE  (Leuville on Orge) Noe Zhordania
PANTURANIAN AZERBAIJAN Panturanian Association of AZERBAIJANI EMIGRANTS  (Bucharest + Berlin) Memmed Emin Rasul-Zadeh
UKRAINIA Ukrainian People´s Republic in Exile : UKRAINE STATE  (Prague) President Andriy Livytsky
WHITE RUSSIANS WHITE EMIGRES Organizations Outside Russia  (Belgrade + Berlin + Istanbul + Paris) Metropolitan Anastasius Gribanovsky



Military entities abroad, special or locally shared:

FRENCH WAR GRAVES FRENCH WAR GRAVES Abroad  (Vichy)Local: TOMBES MILITAIRES FRANÇAISES à l´étranger (fr)  (Vichy)
GERMAN WAR GRAVES German War Graves Commission : GWGC  (Kassel)Local: Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge : VDK (de)  (Kassel)
HOPEN HOPEN Station  (Helhus)Local: Wetterstation HOPEN (de)  (Helhus)
NORTH-EAST GREENLAND Secret German Weather Stations in NORTH-EAST GREENLAND  (Bassgeiger on Shannon Island)Local: Wetterstationen in NORDOST-GRÖNLAND (de)  (Baßgeiger)
SPITZBERG German Weather Stations on SPITZBERG  (Kreuzritter)Local: Wetterstationen in SPITZBERGEN (de)  (Kreuzritter)


25 Organisations (or Groupings) of membership (selective)


AIR SPORTS World Air Sports Federation : WASF  (Lausanne)
ANTI-COMINTERN Revised ANTI-COMINTERN Pact  (Berlin)
AXIS POWERS Axis Countries : AXIS PACT  (Berlin + Tokyo)
CENTRAL BANK Bank for International Settlements : BIS  (Basle)
FIFA Federation of International Football Association : FIFA  (Zurich)
GENEVA CONVENTION GENEVA Convention  (Geneva)
GENOA AGREEMENT GENOA Economic Agreement on the Global Monetary Order  (Genoa)
HAGUE CONVENTION Permanent Court of Arbitration : PCA  (The Hague)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property : UIBPIP  (Berne)
INTERNATIONAL LAW Institute of International Law : IIL  (Ghent)
INTERNATIONAL POLICE International Criminal Police Commission : ICPC  (Berlin)
LEAGUE OF RED CROSS League of Red Cross Societies : LORCS  (Geneva)
MARITIME LAW International Maritime Committee : IMC  (Antwerp)
OLYMPIC GAMES International Olympic Committee : IOC  (Lausanne)
PCIJ Permanent Court of International Justice : PCIJ  (The Hague)
PUBLIC HEALTH International Office of Public Health : IOPH  (Paris)
RED CROSS International Committee of the Red Cross : ICRC  (Geneva)
REFRIGERATION International Institute of Refrigeration : IIR  (Paris)
RHINE Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine : CCNR  (Strasbourg)
STANDARDS International Federation of the National Standardizing Associations : ISA  (New York City + Geneva)
TELECOMMUNICATION International Telecommunication Union : ITU  (Berne)
TURKEY-GERMANY GERMAN-TURKISH Treaty of Friendship  (Ankara)
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION Universal Postal Union : UPU  (Berne)
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES International Bureau of Weights and Measures : IBWM  (Sevres)
WORLD BUSINESS International Chamber of Commerce : ICC [The Word Business Organization]  (Paris)



* The emblems shown for the subdivisions may in some cases be those of their capital.
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 General Internet Sources

   * Base géographique, Archives nationales d'outre-mer (FR). For the administrative divisions of the former French dependencies.
   * Centennia Historical Atlas Software, ed. Centennia (US). For Europe, North Africa and Middle East historical maps.
   * Drapeaux d'Origine & d'Inspiration Françaises - DO&IF, SFV (FR). For French colonial flags.
   * Ethnologue: Languages of the World, SIL International (US). For languages codes.
   * Flags Of The World - FOTW, Rob Raeside (CA). For the current and historic flags of the world.
   * GeoNames, Geonames (CH). Geographical names database.
   * Google Books, Google (US). Online library used for specific sources.
   * Herald Dick Magazine, Herald Dick (FR). For some current and historic arms.
   * Heraldry of the World, by Ralf Hartemink (NL). For local emblems and arms.
   * L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde, by Jacques Leclerc, University of Laval (CA). For national linguistic policies.
   * National Arms and Emblems - Past and Present, by Hubert de Vries (NL). For historic national emblems and arms.
   * Numismondo - World Printed Money Picture Catalog, by Garry Saint, Esquire (US). For national currencies.
   * Omniatlas - Interactive atlas of World History, by Rick Westera (NZ). For some geopolitical maps.
   * Perry-Castañ:eda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin (US). For some historical maps.
   * Population Statistics, by Jan Lahmeyer (NL). For historical regional demographies and areas.
   * Portale Storia, by Giovanni Fontana (IT). For photos of rulers.
   * ReliefWeb, by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). For maps of some administrative divisions.
   * Rulers.org, by Benjamin Schemmel (DE). For photos of rulers.
   * Statoids, by Gwillim Law (US). For historical administrative subdivisions.
   * The World Factbook, ed. Central Intelligence Agency (US). For the general data and profiles of the current countries.
   * United Nations Peacekeeping, United Nations (UNO). For the United Nations Missions.
   * Vexilla Mundi, by Mello Luchtenberg (NL). For flags of the world.
   * Vexillographia, by Viktor Lomantsov (RU). For flags of Russia and Soviet Union.
   * Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Foundation (US). Free-use pictures.
   * Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation (US). For general data, maps, sources, pictures.
   * World Heritage Centre, (UNESCO). For the selected photos of the countries.
   * World History at KMLA, by Alexander Ganse (DE). For historical maps and links by country.
   * World Statesmen, by Ben Cahoon (US). Main source for the historical polities and their rulers.

 General Printed References

   * Atlas des empires and other books of Gérard Chaliand, ed. Payot (FR). General historical geopolitic data.
   * Atlas of the World's Languages, ed. Routledge (UK). Most complete world list of languages and dialects.
   * Flags Through the Ages and Accross the World, by Whitney Smith, ed. McGraw (US). Flags of the world.
   * Fragments d'Europe, by Michel Foucher, ed. Fayard (FR). For the post-Soviet Union polities.
   * L'État du Monde, ed. La Découverte (FR). Yearly geopolitic cover of the world.
   * Quid, by Dominique Frémy, ed. Plon (FR). Yearly encyclopedia that was useful for countries data.
   * Statoids printed version, by Gwillim Law (US). For historical administrative subdivisions.
   * The Times Atlas of the World, ed. Times Atlas (UK). Periodical atlas of the world with its supplementary list of administrative subdivisions.
   * World Christian Encyclopedia, by David B. Barrett, ed. Oxford University Press (UK). For world religious groups but also ethnological data. First inspiring source of Ethnia.org website's look.
   * World Paper Money, ed. Krause (US). For historical currencies.

    + the other sources are added according to the consulted entity.

 




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