![]() Metallwarenfabrik Neumeyer AG, Nuernberg (superseded by 'va'). ![]() 92: German WW-II Heerswaffenamt inspectors mark for the Mauser P-08 - K and G codes. Different again were the actions of some scholars in the aftermath of the Second World War, when attempts to understand how the conflict occurred led to the three reichs being seen as an inevitable progression through increasingly authoritarian and militarized governments. German WW-II Heerswaffenamt inspectors mark for the Mauser P-08 - K and G codes. However, some historians began to project this unification back into both the 18th century and the Holy Roman Empire, 'finding' a long history of Prussian intervention when 'Germans' were threatened. The Prussian-led unification was welcomed by some as the creation of this Machtstaat, a strong German empire which focused around a new emperor, the Kaiser. This was, in part, a reaction to what they considered weaknesses in the old, fragmented, empire. Historians and politicians of the mid 19th century theorized an ideal state, the Machtstaat as a centralized, authoritarian and militarized power state. Comparisons between the Holy Roman Empire and the Kaiserreich began before this latter state was even formed. ![]() The summaries given above may be very brief, but they are enough to show how these three empires were very different types of state the temptation for historians has been to try and find some sort of linked progression from one to another.
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