Question

Describe the role of Bismarck on german unification

Answer 1

The unification of Germany into a politically and administratively integrated nation stateofficially occurred on 18 January 1871, in theHall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France. Princes of the German states, excluding Austria, gathered there to proclaimWilhelm I of Prussia as German Emperor after the French capitulation in the Franco-Prussian War. Unofficially, the de facto transition of most of the German-speaking populations into a federated organization of states had been developing for some time through alliances formal and informal between princely rulers, but in fits and starts. The self-interests of the various parties hampered the process over nearly a century of autocratic experimentation, beginning in the era of theNapoleonic Wars, which prompted the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation in 1806, and the subsequent rise of German nationalism.

Unification exposed tensions due to religious, linguistic, social, and cultural differences among the inhabitants of the new nation, suggesting that 1871 only represented one moment in a continuum of the larger unification processes. The Holy Roman Emperor had been often called "Emperor of all the Germanies"; contemporary news accounts frequently referred to "The Germanies".

Answer 2

Answer:

Otto von Bismarck and the German unification:

1. The middle class Germans in 1848 tried to unite the different regions of the German confederation into a-state.

2. Prussian Chief Minister, Otto Von Bismarck, with the help of the army and bureaucracy carried out the task of unification.

3. Three wars over seven years with Austria, Denmark and France ended in Prussian victory and completed the process of unification.

4. On 18th January 1871, the Prussian King , Kaiser William-1 was proclaimed German emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles in the presence of important officialls, army representatives and Otto von Bismarck.