Why the need for unification in both the parties?

Answer 1

Need of Unification in Germany Prussia pressured the German States to form a Single Nation mainly because Prussia needed to control the resources of the German States in order to grow. By 1871 the Status Quo had been in place for approx 2 centuries. Various alliances & agreements knitted the German States togethers but each retained their own sovereinity. Otto argued that for the benefit of all the German States they should recognized the Primacy of Prussia which for all intent and purpose was/is Berlin. This is a point they scarcely teach you in School, What is the head without a body, etc? Whereas London and Paris are the 'Natural' Locus/Focus Points of their Countries, two Countries Drained a Swamp and Built a Capitol City. America, and Prussia which 'morphed' into the Germanic Empire until the end of World War One when various experiments in democracy & Dictatorship wear practiced up to the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was important to Otto Von Bismark because he truly believed that a United Germany was essential to Prussia and all Things German. Bismark was a 'true' Nationalist. He though that all should be done to make Germany secure strong and he convinced the assorted States of Germany to agree. One Irony? The Germanic States stayed together after the demise of Bismark and much later after the defeat of World War One. It was Hitler who with a swipe of a pen blasted away the tangled web of agreements and declared all to be 'One Germany,' double irony, Hitler 'hated' Berlin but Berlin became the heart & soul of Germany as it remains into 2007.