Question

How was unification of germany facilitated by otto von bismarck?

Answer 1

The constitutional crisis brought Bismarck to power. William I now King of Prussia was by training a soldier and was convinced the brief mobilisation of 1859 had revealed inadequacies in the Prussian military. In collaboration with the Minister of War von Roon and the Chief of General Staff Moltke William presented proposals to the Prussian parliament to increase the size of the army and various other army reforms. The Liberals dominated the parliament and were determined to exercise one of the few powers that the constitution of 1849-50 had given the parliament. That is control over the budget. The expansion of the army naturally involved considerable expenditure that would entail an increase in taxation of 1.5 million pounds a year. The Liberals were opposed to this since they would have to pay the extra taxation. Also another of the reforms was to consolidate the Landwehr a small middle class militia into the Junker dominated Prussian army. By an overwhelming majority the proposed army reforms were rejected and a class struggle ensued. On the verge of abdication William turned to Bismarck for help whose appointment meant no compromise. Von Roon sent Bismarck the famous telegram "Delay is dangerous. Hurray." This was the opportunity Bismarck had been waiting for and he acted quickly making William tear up his abdication document. He drove liberals from office, gagged the press and encouraged William to create the new units by collecting existing taxation. This is an example of Bismarcks Realpolitiks, the pursuing of realistic goals by any available method instead of the pursuit of an ideology. Bismarck never wanted to have enemies for long and hoped to pacify the Liberals with foreign policy achievement notably the unification of Germany. With an expanded army Bismarck resolved to achieve unification with "iron and blood" rather than with Liberal methods. The Liberals rejection of the army reforms forced William to play his final card, the appointment of Bismarck as Minister-President of Prussia.

Answer 2

I) the liberals initiatives for unification were opposed oo against by monarchy and big landlord of prussia from the Prussia look the initiatives to unify Germany.
2) Bismarck was convicted that the unification of Germany oUlf be only achieved by the Prince only not by the commocommon people . He wanted to achieve his aim by emerging Prussia into Germany in 1867 Bismarck becomes the chancellor of the northern confederation
3) Bismarck main objective was to unify Germany and was accomplished by 3 wars with Austria Denmark France which were fought in a brief period of 7 years
4) these war ended with the victory of prussia which helped in completing the process of Germany emperor. It symbolized the birth of a United Germany.