Editing Pan-Nationalism (section)

====[[File:PanGerman.png]] Pan-Germanicism====
<blockquote>''See also: [[File:Bism.png]] [[Bismarckism]] and [[File:Nazi.png]] [[Nazism]]''</blockquote>

[[File:Pan-Germanism.png|thumb|220px|Flag of Pan-Germanism]]
'''Pan-Germanicism''', is a pan-nationalist 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''.

The ideas of Pan-Germanism originated in the early 19th century and were the result of [[File:Bonaparte.png]] [[Bonapartism|the Napoleonic Wars]]. These wars have established a new movement that emerged during the French Revolution - [[File:Nation.png]] [[Nationalism]]. Young reformers sought to unite all German lands.
[[File:Distribution-languages-Germanic-Europe.gif|thumb|right|250px|Map of the distribution of the Germanic languages in Europe.]]
Until the 1860s, [[File:Cball-Prussia.png]] Prussia and [[File:Habs.png]] 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 [[File:Cball-AustriaHungary.png]] the Austro-Hungarian Empire was one result of the growing nationalism of other ethnic groups in the empire. Prussia under [[File:Bism.png]] [[Bismarckism|Bismarck]] used the ideas of Pan-Germanism to reunite the German lands with the support of the [[File:Nalib.png]] [[National Liberalism|National liberal party]]. The unification of Germany took place in 1871 after the proclamation of [[File:Monarch.png]] [[Monarchism|Kaiser Wilhelm I]] 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. [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany was significantly reduced in size following the Treaty of Versailles. Austria-Hungary was divided and [[File:Cball-Austria.png]] 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 [[File:Nazi.png]] [[Nazism|Nazis]] in Germany had hoped to unite all German-speaking lands into one country, so in 1938 they have annexed Austria and then Sudetenland in [[File:Cball-Czechia.png]] Czechoslovakia. After the war Germany lost most of its territorial gains, including Silesia, Eastern Pomerania, East Prussia and the city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia), and was divided between [[File:Cball-US.png]] [[File:Cball-UK.png]] [[File:Cball-France.png]] Allied-occupied West driven by the [[File:Soccap.png]] [[Social Capitalism|social market economy]] and [[File:ML.png]] Soviet-occupied socialist [[File:Cball-EastGermany.png]] 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 [[w:German_nationalism_in_Austria|third camp]] groups that advocated for the reunification with Germany. After WW2 however, the idea of reunification became unpopular due to association with Nazism.