Großdeutschland (disambiguation)

Großdeutschland is German for "Greater Germany" or "Big Germany." It can refer to:

  • Kleindeutschland (Lesser Germany) and Großdeutschland (Greater Germany), 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.

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