 Complete the following phrase:  The German word Reich translates to the English word empire it also translates to such words as realm or domain. However, this translation was not used throughout the full existence of the German Reich. Historically, only Germany from 1871 to 1918when Germany was under the rule of an emperor Kaiseris known in English as the German Empire Deutsches Kaiserreich in German historiography, while the term German Reich describes Germany from 1871 to 1945. As the literal translation German Empire denotes a monarchy, the term is used only in reference to Germany before the 