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Does it even count as an empire? He had what, 5-6 years occupying parts of Europe?
I would say yes, just a very short-lived one. I'd struggle to come up with a definition of an empire that excluded Nazi Germany short of just arbitrarily imposing a minimum required lifespan. It was definitely a large, powerful, expansionist state that conquered other areas in order to subjugate them for the benefit of a metropole. The Reichskommisariats were basically intended as colonial administrations, not to mention client states like Slovakia
Quite big parts
What's the significance of the numbers?
What numbers, all I see is the years
Does Napoleon and his realm count as empire for you? Or Alexander the Great?