... did not share his vision of a Germany dominated by the Prussian emperor and himself, and that the people might have loyalties to leaders (like the pope or the Habsburgs) other than the state or Biz himself. Incredibly, the National Liberals supported these illiberal measures! Biz ... continuation of bad relations with the Centre, Biz decided "he would win over the Social Democrats-not certainly by appealing to their leaders, whom he was persecuting and sending to prison, but by a constructive social programme, which he hoped would detach the working-class voters ... the existing politica...

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... REVOLUTION OF 1848: In the period after the Congress of Vienna, liberal ideas based on Napoleon's rule were "squelched" under the Metternich system, a conservative, reactionary system. The Conservatives discouraged any movement to unify Germany and the over bearing policy of the Metternich system initially put down liberal ideas. In German states, violent uprisings of peasants and liberals began, sparked by strong ... by German people as outsiders. In 1862, Otto Von Bismarck became the Prussian Chancellor intending to unite Germany under Prussian Rule. He would achieve this through the u...

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... growing economically and was having difficulty controlling it's large empire as groups like the Slavs and Serbs were demanding national independence. Therefore its leaders saw nationalism as a threat by and something to block. Austria also had an autocratic government and had no parliament, Prussia on the ... and the political mistakes made by the rulers of the states. Metternich was the Austrian Chancellor and was the biggest obstacle the nationalist movement would have to overcome. He wanted to maintain the Confederation of the German states and stop any liberalization of its Assembl...

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... of encirclement in world history. Historians consider Tannenberg a spectacular and complete German victory of World War One. It was here, Tannenberg, where the Germans had demonstrated skilled planning, swift movement, and considerable daring to lure the Russian Second Army into encirclement and annihilate them. The Germans had ended Russia's invasion of East Prussia before it had begun. Beginning on August ... Hoffmann. The three were aware that they were outnumbered 485,000 Germans to 173,000 Russians. They quickly agreed that their only chance lay in a bold gamble. The German leaders...

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... . German Nationalists could never forgive it for that. There was a traditional lack of respect for democratic government and a great admiration for the army and the officer class' as the rightful leaders of Germany. In 1919, the view was widespread that the army had not been defeated; it was betrayed - "stabbed in the back- by the democrats who had needlessly agreed to ... lead to the fall of the Weimar Republic too. The legacy of Versailles may have also added to the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise in the Nazis movement. The Treaty of Versailles was seen by many German Nati...

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... achievement of German unification was due to "military strength and diplomacy."" It could be argued that as he had a "long plan,"" no other leader could have united Germany, as many leaders look for immediate or short-term solutions. It took Bismarck five years and three wars to unite Germany, with clever manoeuvring and diplomacy in between. It is questionable whether another ... go to university first, and giving the state the right to veto their appointment. Then the state took over the registration of births, deaths and marriages, restricted the freedom of movement of the clergy and...

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