About The German Reich (German: Das Deutschreich) as a country located in central in Eastern Europe. Along with having Land in Western Europe. History After the Second World War Nazi Germany is defeated. But new rebellions strike up. On August 18, 1949 a Fascist Political Group takes over West Germany. Claiming the new country the German Reich. The German Reich goes to war with the United Kingdom, France, The Soviet Union, and the United States. Since during the Cold War the United States and Soviet Russia were enemies the German Reich decided to invade East Germany and then make peace with the Soviet Union. The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Denmark also became part of the German Reich partly because the countries had no army and because they felt they wanted to be part of somethin