... he believed that Germany could not be unified through the previously attempted diplomacy, but only though war with its enemies. This point he made known in his famous "blood and iron" speech. Austria remained the main and most powerful threat to Prussia. Bismarck, determined to stay on friendly terms with Austria, proposed a joint military campaign against Denmark to recover the duchies ... hierarchical issues that needed to be resolved prior to unification. It is quite fair to say that without the influence of Otto von Bismarck and his policy of "blood and iron", the unification could ...

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... that flowed into the country from 1924 improved the standard of living, as funds were directed towards public works, housing, transport and social welfare. Germany industry was restructured and coal, iron and steel production surpassed pre-war figures. This economic prosperity was not completely legitimate as Germany was largely functioning off borrowed money and was over-dependent on foreign loans and ... ...

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... it as well as the building of the first railway line which grew 600 to 4000 miles by 1840. Although massive improvements were made in areas such as coal and iron production these were small in comparison with British standards, due mainly to little technical innovation and capital investment. Tension Nationalism and liberalism entered the political domain. Nationalism was aroused through ... ...

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