... Britain, France, and Russia were justified in preparing their defenses. The answers to these questions may never be unanimously agreed upon but there are a few puzzles that remain. Why did Germany's efforts to break the Triple Entente yield no more than momentary victories? Why was Britain so reluctant to apply to Germany, for the purpose of managing it in Europe, the same formula that had brought ... July 1905 1. In the event that one of the two empires will be attacked by a European power, its ally will come to its assistance in Europe with all of its land and sea forces 2. The high c...

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... . He had been instrumental in advising the Prussian Authorities to block the Austrian's plans for an enlarged Zollvereign, and in his role as Chancellor from 1861 to 1890, he sought to enlarge Prussia and unite the German States - under Prussian leadership. In 1862 Bismarck made his famous speech in which he publicly stated that "the great questions of the day [German unity] will not be ... military integration before any final political unity had been agreed, and it left Bismarck with only one job - to find an enemy (or a cause) against which all of the German States, north and south, c...

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... National Liberals kept him on good terms with the emperor and in power. During his time as chancellor Biz never attempted to create "cabinet government" where the prime minister sits in the legislature as an elected member of parliament, faces questions from opposing members, and is held accountable by the holding of regular elections. Why would he surrender his power? The problem ... on. Yet the accusation was true. The Centrists were enemies of Biz's Germany (the Prussian protestant dominated Germany), though not of Germany itself and enemies, above-all, of the state's claim to regula...

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... war broke out, would trample through the German states without giving it a second thought. The states were weak, undeveloped, disorganized, and begging for some type of guidance. This leadership would come from Prussia, with Otto von Bismarck at the wheel. Once appointed Chancellor of Prussia, Bismarck ... or the Vistula for a month from her ambitious neighbors." Rothfels, p. 48 and 49. To make the rest of the world to be on their toes, and to state Prussia's new policy, Bismarck gave his first speech as prime minister one of a grave seriousness. "The great questions of the day ... will...

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• Grade Level: High School