Consider:
Hitler pulls Germany out of the League of Nations, but hosts the 1936 Summer Olympics to show his new reich to the world
Why isn't it the following?
Hitler pulls Germany out of the League of Nations, but hosts the 1936 Summer Olympics to show his new Reich to the world
Wiktionary lists Reich (in English) as (not as a proper noun; although Third Reich is listed as proper noun):
Noun
Reich
- The territory of a German empire, or its government
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donald remero
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"Reich" (capitalized) is listed in the OED. Examples going back to 1921 all use phrases such as "the Reich" with "Reich" capitalized. OED defines the word this way:
Chiefly during the period 1871–1945, the German state or commonwealth; also, one of a sequence of empires or régimes in Germany, esp. the Third Reich. [Note:] Apart from Third Reich, collocations with an ordinal are rare and do not constitute recognized English historical terminology.
In short, you are correct. It should be:
Hitler...hosts...the 1936 Summer Olympics to show his new Reich to the world.
