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GREATER GERMANY (Berlin aPCA Member Greater German Empire : GREATER GERMANY [Nazi Germany Third Reich] : Reichpresident Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
FRENCH ZONE IN GERMANY (Baden-Baden)  French Military Zone in GERMANY :
BRITISH ZONE IN GERMANY (Bremen)  British Occupation Zone in GERMANY [British Army of the Rhine] :
AMERICAN ZONE IN GERMANY (Frankfort on the Main)  American Military Zone in GERMANY :

Other Entities with similar names

Greater German Empire : GREATER GERMANY [Nazi Germany Third Reich]
(Berlin a)

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
(Berlin)
a administrative, national or political capital (also ruler's residence)
Official & national languages: German (de) .

Mainland:


GREATER GERMANY Greater GERMAN Empire  (Berlin)

10 Federated Divisions:

ANHALT State of ANHALT [Administration from Prussian District of Magdeburg-Anhalt]  ((Dessau))Local: Land ANHALT (de)  ((Dessau))
BADEN State of BADEN  (Carlsruhe)Local: Land BADEN (de)  (Karlsruhe)
BAVARIA State of BAVARIA  (Munich)Local: Land BAYERN (de)  (München)
HAMBURG Hanseatic City of HAMBURG  (Hamburg)Local: Hansestadt HAMBURG (de)  (Hamburg)
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)
WURTTEMBERG State of WURTTEMBERG  (Stuttgart)Local: Land WÜRTTEMBERG (de)  (Stuttgart)



7 Assisted Entities

BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA German Imperial Protectorate of BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA  (Prague a + Lany r) President Emil Hacha
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]  (Ukraine Insurgent Army) Roman Shukhevich
LETTLAND Autonomous State of LATVIA [German Protectorate – Latvian National Council]  (Potsdam x + Windau m) Oskar Danker
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



17 Territories:

AEGEAN SEA ISLANDS Italian Possessions of AEGEAN SEA ISLANDS  (Rhodes)Local: Italienische ÄGÄISCHEN INSELN (de)  (Rhodos)
ATLANTIC WALL Littoral Military Zone : ATLANTIC WALL  (Saint Nazaire)Local: Militärgebiet Litoral : ATLANTIKWALL (de)  (Saint-Nazaire)
BEAR ISLAND Station of BEAR ISLAND  (Taget)Local: BÄRENINSEL Station (de)  (Taaget)
CARINTHIA Imperial District of CARINTHIA  (Klagenfurt)Local: Reichsgau KÄRNTEN (de)  (Klagenfurt)
HOPEN HOPEN Station  (Helhus)Local: Wetterstation HOPEN (de)  (Helhus)
LAPLAND Province of LAPLAND [German Occupation]  (Rovaniemi)Local: Provinz LAPPLAND (de)  (Rovaniemi)
LEROS LEROS Island [German Occupation]  (Portolago)Local: LEROS Insel (de)  (Portolago)
LOWER DANUBE Imperial District of LOWER DANUBE  (Krems)Local: Reichsgau NIEDERDONAU (de)  (Krems)
NORTHERN ITALY German Military Zone of NORTHERN ITALY  (Salo)Local: Deutsch Militärgebiet NORDITALIEN (de)  (Saló)
OCCUPIED ZONES German Military Administration for France : OCCUPIED ZONES  (Dunkirk)Local: Deutsch Militärverwaltung für Frankreich : BESATZUNGSZONEN (de)  (Dünkirchen)
SALZBURG Imperial District of SALZBURG  (Salzburg)Local: Reichsgau SALZBURG (de)  (Salzburg)
SOUTHERN GREECE German Military Territory of SOUTHERN GREECE  (Candia)Local: Deutsch Militärischen Gebiet SÜDGRIECHENLAND (de)  (Candia)
SPITZBERG German Weather Stations on SPITZBERG  (Landvik + Haudegen)Local: Wetterstationen in SPITZBERGEN (de)  (Landvik + Haudegen)
STYRIA District of STYRIA  (Graz)Local: Reichsgau STEIERMARK (de)  (Graz)
SUDETES Imperial District of SUDETENLAND  (Reichenberg)Local: Reichsgau SUDETENLAND (de)  (Reichenberg)
TYROL-VORARLBERG Imperial District of TYROL-VORARLBERG  (Innsbruck)Local: Reichsgau TIROL-VORARLBERG (de)  (Innsbruck)
UPPER DANUBE Imperial District of UPPER DANUBE  (Linz)Local: Reichsgau OBERDONAU (de)  (Linz)

3 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)
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)



12 Governments or Movements in Exile

BIELORUSSIA BELARUSSIAN National Republic [Belorussian Republic in Exile]  (Prague) Mikola Abramchyk
COSSACKIA COSSACK National Liberation Movement  (Paris + Prague) Ignat Arkhipovich Bilyi
FLANDERS Flemish Liberation Committee : FLEMISH People-in-Exile  (Berlin) Jef Van de Wiele
FREE RUSSIA Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia : KONR  (Prague) General Andrey Vlasov
MONTENEGRIN STATE MONTENEGRIN State Council [Chetnik Forces in Exile]  (Zagreb) Sekula Drljevic
NATIONALIST HUNGARY Government of National Unity of HUNGARY  (Munich) Ferenc Szalasi
NATIONALIST UKRAINE UKRAINIAN National Committee [Pro-German Government-in-Exile]  (Graz) Pavlo Shandruk
PANTURANIAN AZERBAIJAN Panturanian Association of AZERBAIJANI EMIGRANTS  (Bucharest + Berlin) Memmed Emin Rasul-Zadeh
UKRAINIA Ukrainian People´s Republic in Exile : UKRAINE STATE  (Munich) President Andriy Livytsky
WALLONIA WALLOON People-in-Exile  (Berlin) Leon Degrelle
WHITE RUSSIANS WHITE EMIGRES Organizations Outside Russia  (Berlin + Istanbul + Paris) Metropolitan Anastasius Gribanovsky
WHITE RUTHENIA BELORUSSIAN Central Council  (Berlin) President Radaslav Astrovski



Military entities abroad, special or locally shared:

HOPEN HOPEN Station  (Helhus)Local: Wetterstation HOPEN (de)  (Helhus)
SPITZBERG German Weather Stations on SPITZBERG  (Landvik + Haudegen)Local: Wetterstationen in SPITZBERGEN (de)  (Landvik + Haudegen)


23 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)
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)
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.


Other Territories or Entities within the 2023's internationally recognized Country boundaries:

AMERICAN ZONE IN GERMANY American Military Zone in GERMANY  (Frankfort on the Main)
BREMEN State of BREMEN [British Occupation]  (Bremen)
BREMERHAVEN Urban County of BREMERHAVEN  (Bremerhaven)
BRUNSWICK State of BRUNSWICK  (Brunswick)
ELECTORAL HESSE Prussian Province of ELECTORAL HESSE  (Kassel)
FRENCH ZONE IN GERMANY French Military Zone in GERMANY  (Baden-Baden)
FRINGSHAUS Belgian Enclave of FRINGSHAUS  (Fringshaus)
HALLE-MERSEBURG Prussian Province of HALLE-MERSEBURG  (Merseburg)
HANOVER Prussian Province of HANOVER  (Hanover)
HESSE-DARMSTADT State of HESSE  (Darmstadt)
HITHER POMERANIA HITHER POMERANIA Region  (Stralsund)
KEHL Canton of KEHL  (Kehl)
LEIPZIG LEIPZIG Authority District  (Leipzig)
MUENSTERBILDCHEN MUENSTERBILDCHEN Enclave part of Roetgen Municipality  (Muensterbildchen)
MUETZENICH Enclave of the Commune of MUETZENICH  (Muetzenich)
NASSAU Prussian Province of NASSAU  (Wiesbaden)
ROETGEN FOREST ROETGEN FOREST Enclave part of Roetgen Municipality  (Forst Rotgen)
RUECKSCHLAG RUECKSCHLAG Enclave part of Monschau Municipality  (Rueckschlag)
RUITZHOF RUITZHOF Enclave part of Monschau Municipality  (Ruitzhof)
SAAR United States Military Governorate of SAAR  (Saarbruecken)
SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE State of SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE  (Bueckeburg)
THURINGIA State of THURINGIA  (Weimar)
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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.

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