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- Hello Everyone! So I am your guide for today. And I am going to give a brief explanation about 'UNIFICATION OF GERMANY'.
- King William, I appointed Otto von Bismarck as the new Minister-President of Prussia Otto von Bismarck, the Minister-President of Prussia, provoked three short, decisive wars against Denmark, Austria, and France,
- The Prussian victory in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 enabled him to create the North German Confederation which excluded Austria from the federation’s affairs and ended the previous German Confederation.After the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, the German princes proclaimed the founding of the German Empire in 1871 at Versailles, uniting all scattered parts of Germany except Austria.
- Victory in the Franco-Prussian War proved the capstone of the nationalist issue, rallying the other German states into unity.The German unification affected the rest of Europe by causing a blow to liberalism, it changed the balance of power forever and created bitter resentment ;Germany ;was united, it brought two more competitive powers European politics, and France's and Austria's weaknesses were revealed.
- Bismarck used both diplomacy and the Prussian military to achieve unification, excluding Austria from a unified Germany. With support from Austria, he issued an ultimatum for Christian IX to return Schleswig to its former status. When Denmark refused, Austria and Prussia invaded, sparking the Second Schleswig War.
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- The third and final act of German unification was the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, orchestrated by Bismarck to draw the western German states into an alliance with the North German Confederation. After the French defeat, the German Empire was proclaimed in January 1871 in the Palace at Versailles, France.
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