GERMAN UNIFICATION
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- Hey, I'm Y.Hasini and today let's see how Germany, which was a collection of small kingdoms, become unified.
- Hey, I'm Y.Hasini and today let's see how Germany, which was a collection of small kingdoms, became unified.
- This is Otto Von Bismarck, had a burning ambition to transform Prussia into an undefeatable state.
- He brought major reforms into the Prussian army, made it the most disciplined and professional fighting force
- I should make Prussia powerful and I will do it.
- The Seven Weeks War saw Prussia dealing a heavy blow on Austria and its German allies.
- Now it's time to meet my old enemy and rival, The France.
- Otto Von was so clever that the victory ended with Austrian interference in German matters and Prussia to lay foundation of its own empire.However, this wasn't enough Bismarck knew only a new war with old enemy would unite German states, who has been traditional rivals of Prussia.
- Through a series of subtle provocation, Bismarck managed to provoke Napoleon III, who was ruling France at that time. the war continued until the fall of Paris to Prussia in January 1871. France were defeated.
- When Bismarck marched the Prussian army towards the French Border, they were joined by armies of the German states.
- On the same day, the new constitution of the German Confederation came into force, extending the federal German lands to the newly created German Empire with Prussia at its leadership.
- With the arrival of new unified German nation onto European politics, the others noted this with mixed expression of appreciation, awe and fear. The unification of Germany was a watershed moment in European History.
- The German Empire got declared by Prussia on January 21, 1871. King Wilhelm I of Prussia was crowned at The Palace Of Versailles in France.
- And that's how German unified. A long way to gain its unification. Thank you for viewing the slideshow of the process of German unification
- THANK YOU ...Y.HASINI
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