Third Reich

noun

Germany during the Nazi regime 1933–45.

Third Reich

noun

See Reich 1

Third Reich

The name given by the Nazis to their government in Germany; Reich is German for “empire.” Adolf Hitler, their leader, believed that he was creating a third German empire, a successor to the Holy Roman Empire and the German empire formed by Chancellor Bismarck in the nineteenth century.

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Oddly, some people still stop short of characterizing “Andor” as commentary on fascism, although parallels between the Empire and Adolf Hitler's Third Reich abound.

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VE Day was a joint Allied triumph over Nazi Germany; over hatred, dictatorship, the Third Reich's territorial expansionism and heinous crimes against humanity.

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Like the Third Reich had its propaganda machine, “Star Wars” has Imperial News, which operates a lot like Fox’s infotainment beast by shamelessly broadcasting its lies across the star system.

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Most Americans aren't yet as frightened and angry as the desperate Germans who sought relief in hailing Hitler’s Third Reich.

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The Nazis wanted to hold onto their slave labour - even at this point, some still believed in an ultimate triumph of the Third Reich.

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