Question

Which of the following countries were involved in the three wars with Prussia and ended with victory and unification of Germany
(a) Austria, Poland and France
(b) Austria, Denmark and France
(c) Austria, Turkey and France
(d) Austria, England and France ​

Answer 1

Answer:

(b) Austria, Denmark and France is the answer

Explanation:

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

Answer 2

The countries involved were (b) Austria, Denmark and France

• Otto Von Bismark was driving force behind Germany's reunification. He formed agreements with other German kingdoms, and after destroying Austria again, he got them to join Prussia, demonstrating that it was the dominating Germanic force.
• In Franco-Prussian War, when France declared war on Prussia, he founded North German Confederation, which was able to unify numerous German nations.
• He effectively forced France to declare war on Prussia by establishing a German king in Spain and refused to rescind a monarch's offer.
• He later employed diplomacy as well as Prussian force to accomplish unity, excluding Austria from a unified Germany.
• This not only made it powerful and dominant component of new Germany, but it also insured that it would remain an authoritarian state rather than a free parliamentary democracy.