Großdeutschland (disambiguation)
Großdeutschland is German for "Greater Germany" or "Big Germany." It can refer to:
- Kleindeutschland and Großdeutschland, two competing ideas for unifying German-speaking lands in the 19th century; advocates of Großdeutschland wished for a single German state that included Austria as the answer to the "German question."
- Großdeutschland, the name informally adopted by Nazi Germany after annexing Austria in March 1938.
- Großdeutsches Reich, Nazi Germany's official state name from 1943 to 1945.
- Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland, a German Army formation in World War II
- Panzer-Grenadier-Division Großdeutschland, a mechanized infantry / armor division created from the Infantry Regiment in 1942.
- Panzerkorps Großdeutschland, a panzer corps created with elements from the Grenadier Division and others in 1944.
- Magna Germania (Latin: Greater Germania), the Roman term for the region east of the Rhine River.
See also
- Anschluss
- Greater Germanic Reich (Großgermanisches Reich)
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