... certainly a massive undertaking. With this goal in mind, during his "liberal" phase and "under Biz's direction, Germany was given all the qualities of a great modern state. The civil and criminal codes were ready before the making of the empire; a unified judicial system came into operation in 1873. He pushed on the establishment of a unified currency and of a unified financial system, and ... ...

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... make Germany the most powerful empire in all of Europe. First Bismarck "worked on the Empire's federal infrastructure." (5) To help develop Germany as a major economic power, Bismarck made uniform legal codes, nationalized railways, and a common bureaucracy. Germany also had a newly formed army which young men were given great rewards joining the military. Bismarck had an extreme dislike for the Roman Catholic ... ...

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... excluding the Habsburgs through force. Bismarck played a key role in the development of Industrialization of Prussia. As the Prime Minister of Prussia, he was "blood thirsty" man who had tried and even succeeded in unify Prussia and Germany through force. In a year alone he had fought 25 duels thus giving ... czar not by only giving them money to crush the revolt, instead gave force to help the Russians crush the revolt. This showed he was "blood thirsty". He took this opportunity to make the Russians neutralized in the upcoming war with Austria, which he had planned and wanted. This s...

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... together to form states. In this paper I will show the unification of one of these land areas (German confederate states) into a united Germany under the policies of Otto Von Bismarck ("Blood and Iron"). Bismarck was first involved in politics in the mid to late 1840's. He was on the Prussian assembly and became more prominent in Prussian government after the revolutions ... Austria then France, proved to be the most important reasons why North Germany was able to keep control and unify South and North Germany to one country. Bismarck's use of "Blood and Iron" was shown to win support o...

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... power of his Prussia. He aimed at making Prussia the leader of Germany, and Germany the leading nation of Europe. By doing so, he vowed to use the methods of "blood and iron" (Lawrence, 1986, p110) to bring all the German people together under the Prussian monarchy. Bismarck knew that by uniting Germany, he would upset two great powers; Austria and ... of his King, William I. When Bismarck became Prime-minister he stated "Germany looks not to Prussia's liberalism, but to the power. Not by parliamentary speeches or majority votes ..but by blood and iron". (Lawrence, 1986, pg110). These w...

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... clear that 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 ... , external and 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 unifi...

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... been described as an aggressive man who strongly and forcefully pushed his policies. "There were very nasty French cartoons about Bismarck after 1870 which portray him as a monster and a blood-thirsty war monger. I don't know what French politicians thought. Among the British Disraeli was fascinated by him. He met him in 1862 at the home of the Russian Ambassador to ... ...

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... one of a grave seriousness. "The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches and majority decisions-that was the mistake of 1848-1849-but by iron and blood." Kagan, Ozment, Tuner, 779 and 780. As this being Prussia's new military and political stance, Bismarck went to work right away to the uniting of Germany. Bismarck wanted Austria to ... ...

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... use against the liberals and Austria. This lead him to believe nationalism was the best way to get German people behind him. He believed that he would gain unification through "Blood and iron" which meant war and industry. The Franco-Prussian war was a dispute over who would become the king of Spain, leading to a united Germany which won a quick decisive victory ... ...

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... stated that "the great questions of the day [German unity] will not be settled by speeches and majority decisions - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by blood and iron". This highlighted his determination for expansion and the seizure of power from Austria. The international situation at the time was very favourable for Bismarck and the fulfilment of ... ...

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... unite Germany under Prussian Rule. He would achieve this through the use of charismatic leaders, granting limited power and the use of army power if needed. He declared "Iron and Blood" (war and industry) would gain unification, not speeches and declaration as in the revolution of 1848. GERMANY AT WAR To achieve Bismarck's goal, to unify Germany under Prussia, he needed ... ...

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