NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY
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Austria
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Bavaria
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Prussia
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Holstein
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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: -There were over 30 German states that had an alliance known as the German Confederation. While the Austrian Empire usually dominated it, the state of Prussia took the lead in the unifying them into Germany. In 1862, the King of Prussia Wilhelm I selected Otto von Bismarck to be his prime minister.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prussia soon became the leader of the German unification movement. Its Chief Minister Otto von Bismarck was the architect of the process with support from Prussian army and Prussian bureaucracy. The unification process was completed after Prussia won wars with Austria, Denmark, and France over seven years time.