WORLD HISTORY

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: -German unification was achieved by the force of Prussia, and enforced from the top-down, meaning that it was not an organic movement that was fully supported and spread by the popular classes but instead was a product of Prussian royal policies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Historians debate whether Otto von Bismarck-Minister President of Prussia-had a master plan to expand the North German Confederation of 1866 to include the remaining independent German states into a single entity or simply to expand the power of the Kingdom of Prussia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Unification of Germany Bismarck led three wars over a period of seven years with Austria, Denmark & France that ended up with Prussian Victory. Finally, Germany got unified in January 1871. The Prussian king, William I, was proclaimed German Emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles.

Detailed explanation-5: -Economic success, political failure, and diplomatic tension marked the idea of a unified Germany in the period after the Napoleonic Wars. Prussian merchants, with the support of the Prussian crown, established the customs and trade union known as the Zollverein in 1834.