It all started with the rise of Germany and its seek for a new found power. Otto von Bismarck wished to use it for good and to make German a strong‚ power country. He was doing a good job of that until the King‚ Kaiser Wilhelm‚ relieved him of the position and took control for himself. At this point there is a rivalry that is brewing between Germany and Great Britain. A Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip had been working for the organization which is recognized as the Black Hand(Wars for
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aimed to increase the power of Prussia by whatever means necessary. as a result of Bismarcks leadership‚ Prussia was declared victorious in the FRanco-Prussia war against France in 1870‚ which altimately led to the eventual unification of Germany in 1871. This outcome made many people generaly accept that bismarck alone was responsible cor ghe unification of Germany under Prussian domination. however since that time other factors have been considered‚ such as Prussias economic strength and its military
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Consistency of Bismarck’s Aims Consistent Aims 1) Patriotism to Prussia Otto van Bismarck is credited with the unification of Germany. However‚ it can be argued that he deliberately fostered this myth‚ and that it was never his aim to begin with: he had not intended unification and was a Prussian patriot first. He distrusted Southern Catholic German states and feared the submergence of Prussia in a united Germany. Above all else‚ Bismarck was consistently concerned to uphold and extend the
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With Bismarck‚ Prussia had managed to change world borders and merged into an Empire which was effectively the strongest military- and arguably industrial- power on the continent and due to its geographic location many other nations in Europe began to view Germany as a
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Unification The unification of Italy and Germany were one of the same yet different at the same time. Both unifications were headed by dominate males in their countries. Camillio di Cavour a liberal minded noble-man of great wealth was very influential over the people and through his ability to conduct business that was beneficial to his country was able to grow the economy which made it easy for him to build a mass army to declare war on his surrounding territories. Otto von Bismarck born and
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Introduction Hamerow begins his introduction with a defense of the theory that history is determined by the great people of society or The Great Man Theory of history. He goes on to say that "They are the makers of the world in which we live. Otto Von Bismarck belongs in this Company." The controversies surrounding his life still go on between historians today. He is portrayed as a destroyer of liberty and also as a compromiser of liberalism. Some see Bismarck as trying to preserve the old
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industrialisation enabled the creation of a powerful Prussia. It was under this powerful Prussia‚ with some skilful diplomacy and opportunism‚ that Germany was successfully united in the wars of German Unification. Without such economic development and prosperity‚ it is questionable whether Germany would have been united by 1871. On the other hand we must also consider the other factors and thus must address five key areas. The first of these is the growing strength of Prussia in relation to Austria and closely linked
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wanted to promote nationalism and make a unified ’Germany’ a reality‚ by the end of 1848-49 ’Germany’ was right back where it started‚ as a dis-unified collection of states. ’Germany’ itself wasn’t considered a major European power. Instead‚ it was Prussia that was considered one of the ‘Big Five’ in Europe during the 1840’s‚ alongside Austria‚ France‚ Russia and Britain. In terms of unification‚ nothing happened in ’Germany’ as by 1848 even though economic trade links and agreements had been made between
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give his own state of Prussia more power. Bismarck also desired better foreign policy. He was a reckless politician and went too extremes to achieve his goals. Otto von Bismarck was born at Schönhausen‚ north-west of Berlin. His early life was wild and although attending university he was not studious and drank and gambled much of his wealth. Later in his life he undertook a religious conversion and took a keen interest in politics. In 1848 King William IV‚ King of Prussia made an attempt to unify
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for an aristocratic landowner from old Prussia in the east) named Otto von Bismarck pushed German unification through "blood and iron" and skillful understanding of realpolitik. As the map of central Europe stood in 1850‚ Prussia competed with Austria for dominance over a series of small principalities fiercely keen on maintaining their independence and distinctive characteristics. Prussia proper stretched from modern-day Lithuania to central Germany. Prussia also controlled the German lands around
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