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Who holds the credit of unifying Germany


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Otto von Bismarck holds the credit for unifying Germany. The unification of Germany radically altered the delicate “balance of powers” instituted by the Congress of Vienna with the creation of a large, wealthy, and powerful nation-state in central Europe.

Role of Otto von Bismarck

  • In the 1860s, Otto von Bismarck, then Minister-President of Prussia, provoked three short, decisive wars against Denmark, Austria, and France, aligning the smaller German states behind Prussia in its defeat of France.
  • In 1871 he unified Germany into a nation-state, forming the German Empire.
  • The Unification of Germany was a watershed moment in European history that would eternally change its political landscape.
  • With the arrival of a new unified German nation onto European politics, the other powers took note with mixed feelings of appreciation, awe and fear.

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