Hello, and welcome to another episode of Historolics, and this episode will be covering the history of Germany from 1871, as well as pre-1871 to 1933. A reminder this episode is the first part of a larger episode and the second part which will cover Germany from 1933 to 1945 will be released shortly after this. Back to the subject in discussion, this episode will cover Germany during the period of the Holy Roman Empire and briefly during the Reformation between 1000-1806, followed by Germany during the Napoleonic Wars(1806-1815), the period leading up to German unification(1848-1871), Germany after unification and leading up to WWI(1871-1914), Germany during WWI(1914-1918), post-war Germany and leading up to the Depression(1919-1930) and the rise of the Third Reich(1930-1933). I hope you enjoy part 1 and as always, have a nice day.