• @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Probably someone did. Not all English-speakers know about the first two, even though they’re implied by “third”.

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      I daresay that 99% of “English-speakers” never wasted a thought on why the Third Reich actually was the third.

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        And honestly, it could be that 90% wouldn’t know what the HRE was or who the Kaiser was once you told them. It’s just not a thing that usually comes up in everyday life.

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        TBH I knew about the Kaiserreich, but I had to look up the first one myself. It was the Holy Roman Empire. (Which wasn’t really much of a reich, but the Nazi’s weren’t noted for their attention to historical accuracy)