Unification og germany
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- I am Otto von Bismarck, PrimeMinister of Prussiaand I have a burning ambition to transform Prussia into a formidable power and avenge the humiliating loss of Germany at Austria’s hands.
- The war that followed in 1866 saw Prussia dealing a heavy blow on Austria and its German allies. So profound was the victory that it allowed Prussia to lay the foundations of its own empire.
- A new war with an old enemy would unite other German states, who had been traditional rivals of Prussia, to throw in their lot with the new Prussian empire. That enemy is France.
- Otto, Takea break. WeJust won the War against Austria Who blocked our unification oF Germany.
- Sensing France as an enemy, Througha series of clever diplomatic maneuversand subtle provocations, Bismarck managed to provoke Napoleon III into declaring war against Prussia. The seemingly aggressive move by the French was enough to restrain other European powers from supporting Napoleon III. The result in the German states was a wave of anti-French sentiments.
- I, Napoleon Bonaparte III, declare war on Prussia and other states of Germany.
- When Bismark marched the Prussian Army towards the French border in July 1870, they were joined by armies of the other German states. The resulting war would prove devastating for France with the most notable defeat being at Sedan in September 1870. It was enough for Napoleon III to tender his resignation as emperor to the French parliament and live out the rest of his life in England. But the war with the Prussians still continued regardless.
- I, NapoleonIII officiallyresign as emperor to the French parliament.
- The war would continue until the fall of Paris to the Prussian Army in January 1871. In the meantime, Bismarck had gathered the German general’s princes and Kings at Versailles and declared King William I of Prussia as the Emperor of the German Empire on January 18.
- I, OttoVon Bismarckdeclare this man as King William1,as the Emperor of the German Empire.
- HEAR,HEAR!
- HEAR,HEAR!
- On January18, the new Constitution of the German Confederation came into force, thereby significantly extending the federal German lands to the newly created German Empire with Prussia at its helm.
- I take it as my Honorto announcethat newlycreated German Empire andthe new Constitution of the German Confederation have come into force! Germanyis finally Unified!
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