To the east of Hitler's German empire was the Soviet Union.

希特勒的德意志帝国的东部与苏联毗邻。

He became chancellor in 1815 and was responsible for transforming a collection of small German states into the German empire.

1815年，他成为德国总理，并负责将德意志的一些小国统一为德意志帝国。

Anyway, this tiny island just might be the last remaining piece of the East German empire.

无论如何，这个小岛可能就是东德帝国仅存的一块土地。

And it was here in Nuernberg, that Hitler declared the Third Reich -- a powerful German empire to last 1,000 years.

正是在纽伦堡，希特勒宣布建立第三帝国——一个强大的德意志帝国，可以持续 1000 年。

Previously the author of an acclaimed history of the German empire, Ms Hoyer is now a British academic but was born in the GDR.

霍耶女士曾是一部广受赞誉的德意志帝国历史的作者，现在是一名英国学者， 但她出生在东德。

Three days after the receipt of the news that the German government intended to return to its former submarine policy, President Wilson severed diplomatic relations with the German empire.

——威尔逊总统在接到德国政府打算恢复其潜艇政策的消息三天后，宣布与德意志帝国断绝外交关系。