Otto Von Bismarck was a conservative Prussian statesman whose actions impacted much of Europe. He engineered a series of wars that effectively unified the German states, excluded Austria and built a powerful German empire under Prussian leadership.
He unified Germany and took the Alsace-Lorraine territory from France for Germany. He expressed the essence of changes in his famous Blood and Iron speech to the budget committee of the Prussian Chamber of deputies on 30 September 1862, shortly after he became Minister President. The need for iron and blood soon became apparent. By 1862, when Bismark made his speech, the idea of a German nation state in the peaceful spirit of Pan-Germanium had shifted from the liberal and democratic character of 1848 to accommodate Bismark's Realpolitik.
The German state that Bismarck established in 1871 is sometimes referred to as the "Second Reich". Bismarck was the chancellor from 1871-1890 - he was never an emperor.
By "blood" he means the deaths of wars and by "iron" he means the technology used in these wars like cannons, machine guns etc..
Otto von Kerpen died in 1208.
Otto von Diederichs died in 1918.
Otto von Bismarck was Chancellor of Prussia from 1862-1890.
Johan Otto von Spreckelsen died on March 16, 1987.
By "blood" he means the deaths of wars and by "iron" he means the technology used in these wars like cannons, machine guns etc..
Otto von Bismarck's birth name is Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck.
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Otto von Erdmannsdorff was born in 1888.
Otto von Erdmannsdorff died in 1978.
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Otto von Stülpnagel died in 1948.
Otto von Botenlauben was born in 1177.
Otto von Fürth died in 1946.
Otto von Gierke died in 1921.