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[Sieger]

Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair

During the period of the Second Empire (1871 - 1918), Germany was composed of quasi independent states, each of which, while having an overall fielty to the Kaiser, fielded its own armed forces. As a result, the German forces in World War One actually consisted of the armies of the various states, including those of Prussia, Bavaria, Wurttemburg and Saxony.

Jerry:

I agree with the above statement, but the Oesterreich (Austro-Hungarian Empire) was not part of Imperial Germany during this period.

Hitler, however, had other ideas, and Austria (die Ostmark) was made part of the Third Empire, by popular vote I might add, in 1938.

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