Otto von Bismarck, who served under Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Otto von Bismarck
Otto Von Bismark
Prussia defeated France in 1871.
After the Franco-Prussian war in 1871 Prussia was able to unite Germany, which existed before that out of many small states, into one major empire .
The Franco-Prussian war resulted in the following: 1. The defeat and fall of the French Empire of Napoleon the Third and the advent of the Second French Republic. 2. The proclamation of the German Empire under the king of Prussia; 3. The annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, after the final defeat of the French Republican Army 4. The stipulation of the Treaty of Peace.
The Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) was provoked by the French emperor Napoleon III to declare war when the Prussian chancellor Bismarck placed a German candidate for the vacant Spanish throne.
The Austro-Prussian War joined together the north German states. After Prussia won the Franco-Prussian War, the peace treaty declared the unification of Germany.
Prussia defeated France in 1871.
The Franco -Prussian War ended on May 10, 1871. In the war a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France.
After the Franco-Prussian war in 1871 Prussia was able to unite Germany, which existed before that out of many small states, into one major empire .
Franco-Prussian War
Germany (Prussia) and France declared war on each other in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871.
The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871.
The Franco -Prussian War ended on May 10, 1871. In the war a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France.
The Franco-Prussian war resulted in the following: 1. The defeat and fall of the French Empire of Napoleon the Third and the advent of the Second French Republic. 2. The proclamation of the German Empire under the king of Prussia; 3. The annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, after the final defeat of the French Republican Army 4. The stipulation of the Treaty of Peace.
The Franco-Prussian war (1870-71) was provoked by the French emperor Napoleon III to declare war when the Prussian chancellor Bismarck placed a German candidate for the vacant Spanish throne.
The Austro-Prussian War joined together the north German states. After Prussia won the Franco-Prussian War, the peace treaty declared the unification of Germany.
Alsace
So far as I know, Germany's colours in the Great War were black, white, and red, which were the colours of Prussia. Imperial Germany as it was in 1914 had come into being from the consolidation of the various German states by Prussia under the "Iron Chancellor" Otto von Bismarck after the Prussian victory over France in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. The various iterations of the German flag from 1914-1918 seem always to have included black, white and red, in addition to Maltese crosses, eagles and other decoration, sometimes in gold.