WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1867 Bismarck created the North German Confederation, a union of the northern German states under the hegemony of Prussia.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-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: -Though itself one of Germany’s many states, the kingdom of Prussia was comprised of: West Prussia, East Prussia, Brandenburg (including Berlin), Saxony, Pomerania, the Rhineland, Westphalia, non-Austrian Silesia, Lusatia, Schleswig-Holstein, Hanover, and Hesse-Nassau.