NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
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Kaiser William I and his chief minister Otto von Bismarck
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Monarch Weilhelm IV and his chief minister Garibaldi
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Bismarck and Garibaldi
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Mazzini and Garibaldi
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -His main goal was to further strengthen the position of Prussia in Europe. Bismarck had a number of primary aims: to unify the north German states under Prussian control. to weaken Prussia’s main rival, Austria, by removing it from the German Federation.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The subject of German unification is, for all time, strongly tied to the name Otto von Bismarck. The name Bismarck should also be associated with exceptionally brilliant and talented political and strategic leadership.
Detailed explanation-5: -Under the leadership of William and his minister president Otto von Bismarck, Prussia achieved the unification of Germany and the establishment of the German Empire.