The Second Reich, a federal constitutional monarchy under Prussian Hohenzollern leadership, the dominant continental power before World War I.
Ended on 9 November 1918 when Kaiser Wilhelm II's abdication was announced and a German republic was proclaimed, with the armistice ending World War I signed two days later on 11 November 1918.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for German Empire — the shape you scrub through changes in 1871 · 1890 · 1907.
Includes the German Empire period as the culmination of Prussian state-building.
The classic structural analysis of Imperial Germany, covering the Second Reich's entire span.
Sweeping history of the German people situating the Empire within the longer national story.
A Lübeck merchant dynasty’s decline across the century that made the Empire.