SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Otto von Bismarck served as prime minister of Prussia (1862–73, 1873–90) and was the founder and first chancellor (1871–90) of the German Empire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Germany became a modern, unified nation under the leadership of the “Iron Chancellor” Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), who between 1862 and 1890 effectively ruled first Prussia and then all of Germany.

Detailed explanation-3: -His meaning was to gain the understanding that the unification of Germany will be brought about through the strength of the military forged in iron and the blood spilled through warfare.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first war of German unification was the 1862 Danish War, begun over the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Bismarck allied with Austria to fight the Danes in a war to protect the interests of Holstein, a member of the German Confederation.