Pan-Germanicism

Pan-Germanicism, is a  political idea. Pan-Germanists originally sought to unify all the German-speaking people and possibly also Germanic-speaking peoples  in a single nation - state known as Großdeutschland. Pan-Germanicism was highly influential in German politics in the 19th century during the unification of Germany when the German Empire was proclaimed as a nation-state in 1871 but without  Austria (Kleindeutsche Lösung/Lesser Germany). And in the first half of the 20th century in the  Austro-Hungarian Empire and the   German Empire. From the late 19th century, many Pan-Germanist thinkers, since 1891 organized in the Pan-German League, had adopted openly  ethnocentric and  racist ideologies, and ultimately gave rise to the foreign policy Heim ins Reich pursued by  Nazi Germany under  Austrian-born  Adolf Hitler from 1938.

History
The ideas of Pan-Germanism originated in the early 19th century and were the result of. These wars have established a new movement that emerged during the French Revolution -. Young reformers sought to unite all German lands. Until the 1860s, Prussia and  Austria were the two most powerful German-speaking states. They tried to expand their influence and territory. The Austrian Empire was a multiethnic state where the Germans did not have an absolute numerical advantage; the creation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was one result of the growing nationalism of other ethnic groups in the empire. Prussia under  used the ideas of Pan-Germanism to reunite the German lands with the support of the. The unification of Germany took place in 1871 after the proclamation of  as chairman of the Union of German-Speaking States. Many Germans living outside the new empire would have preferred to live under its rule or in an ethnically homogeneous German state, but this desire was met with opposing wishes from other ethnic groups.

After the WWI the influence of German-speaking elites in Europe was severely crippled. Germany was significantly reduced in size following the Treaty of Versailles. Austria-Hungary was divided and Austria adopted the name "German Austria" (Deutschösterreich) and voted overwhelmingly in favor of unification with Germany. This name and unification with Germany were banned by the Allies after the war.

The  in Germany had hoped to unite all German-speaking lands into one country, so in 1938 they have annexed Austria and then Sudetenland in  Czechoslovakia. After the war Germany lost most of its territorial gains, including Silesia, Eastern Pomerania, East Prussia and the city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia), and was divided between    Allied-occupied West driven by the   and  Soviet-occupied socialist  East. The capital city of Berlin was also divided, which brought tensions between the two, so the Soviets have built a wall around the city. Eventually the wall was torn down and both West and East have formed one country in 1990.

In Austria, after both world wars there were third camp groups that advocated for the reunification with Germany. After WW2 however, the idea of reunification became unpopular due to association with Nazism.

Friends

 * [[File: Bism.png]] -  Achieved the Kleindeutsche Lösung
 * [[File: Nazi.png]] - Achieved the Großdeutsche Lösung (though gave me a bad rep).
 * [[File:Volk.png]] - Preserve Germany's traditions!
 * [[File: Anti-Frenchism Icon.png]] Francophobia - Death To France!!
 * [[File:Nalib.png]] - He helped Otto Von Bismarck and also was a promoter of my ideas in Austria.
 * [[File:Ethnonat.png]] -  All Germans in Germany!
 * [[File:Imp.png]] - Gott Mitt Uns.
 * [[File:Ottoman.png]] Ottomanism - I helped you modernize your army, in return you joined the war. Splendid.

Frenemies

 * [[File:Habs.png]] Habsburgism - We will not be divided!
 * [[File:Catheo.png]] - Southern Germans like you but the Northern Germans don't.
 * [[File:Panscan.png]] and [[FIle:PanBrit.png]] Pan-Anglicism - Depending on my mood you are also part of the German Nation.
 * [[File:AusFash.png]], [[File:Austrobert.png]] & [[File:Austrmarx.png]]  - The Eastern realm shall unite to Germany!
 * [[File:Monkeyzz-Enlightenment.png]] - I supported you in the Revolutions of 1848 as to hope to unite Germany, but after the German empire was created I decided to ditch you bozo.
 * [[File:Panth.png]] Pantheonism - Hm, you realize the German nature of countries like Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland and you support the rights of German minorities abroad but you don't want to annex territory that used to be ethnically German before the West and the Russians ruined everything. You also prefer [[File:European_Federalism.png]] this guy and [[File:World_Federalism2.png]] this guy over me!
 * [[File:European_Federalism.png]] - A united Europe would theoretically also mean all German lands would be united. But many of my supporters hate you and I don't want to unite with the [[File:Cball-France.png]] Fr*nch.

Enemies

 * [[File: Bonaparte.png]] - Invader and tyrant!
 * [[File:Jack.png]] - Same as above, only worse.
 * [[File:Tsar.png]] Tsarism - Nicholas II and Wilhelm II were brothers, so why ze fuck did you declare war on me for defending Austria?!
 * [[File:Gaullismicon2.png]], [[File:Roos.png]] Rooseveltianism, [[File:Ike.png]] , [[File:Church.png]] Churchillism, & [[File:Stalin.png]] Stalinism - You are responsible for the loss of Prussia!!
 * [[File:Woodrow.png]] Wilsonism - We lost territory to France and Poland because of you!
 * [[File:Cball-France.png]] Pan-Francoism - Long Live Germany!
 * [[File:Slavnat.png]] Slavic Nationalism - Balkans belong to Austria (aka Germany)

 Further information 


 * Pan-Germanism
 * Pan-German League
 * German nationalism in Austria
 * Greater Germanic Reich