... , King Friedrich Wilhelm and the parliament could not come to agreement over the question of military budget. This crisis forced the King to abdicate and be replaced by his brother Prince Wilhelm, who appointed Otto von Bismarck in 1862 as the new Prime Minister and later also as Foreign Minister of Prussia. This provided Bismarck with the power he desired and ... German north was now united, Bismarck instigated another war to complete the German Unification, this time with France. In 1870 the Spanish throne was empty and one possible successor was Prince Leopold a member of the Prussian...

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... forced a crossing in the way of artillery fire. This cost Christian 2,000 men and most of his cargo. Cordoba and Tilly claimed victory; they were unable to stop the Brunswick prince. This battle was mostly very meaningless .The Protestant army was almost equal to the Catholic army who had more than 25,000 troops they withdrew to the west side of ... be completely victorious and dreams of an empire united under a Catholic Church had to be abandoned. The Peace of Westphalia recognized the sovereignty of the separate German princes. One German prince, the Hohenzollern Elector of Brandenbur...

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... , forming the North German Confederation, the first section of a politically unified Germany. The Franco-Prussian War of 1870 was the final step towards the unification of Germany. In 1868, Prussian Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern became a candidate for the Spanish throne. Napoleon III of France expressed great opposition to the move, saying that it was a threat to France. Bismarck wittingly rearranged a telegram ... ...

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... form of strong pressure from Germany - was forced to abandon Serbia. The German Kaiser asserted that he stood beside his ally Austria-Hungary, "in shining armor." At the same time, Prince von Bulow declared that the "German sword had been thrown into the scale of European decision." Even then, Serbia only yielded under constraint from every power in Europe, which left ... ...

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... , Germany, and Russia) in 1881. This was difficult by the flaming Russian-Austrian relations in the Balkans, leading to the Bulgarian crisis of 1886-87 and the taking away of Prince Alexander. When the Three Emperor's Alliance broke down, Bismarck negotiated the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia in 1887. The Reinsurance Treaty was a masterful success. Bismarck considered it necessary to keep the ... ...

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