Because they were rich with iron ore.
It means that they would use blood (hard work, the power of the people) and iron (technology, weapons, etc) to succeed and unify the German territories.
Bismarck was the "Iron Chancellor" during World War I.
He wasn't. It was "Iron Chancellor", presumably for his forceful approach. "Blood & iron" was an earlier passage in a speech declaring that Germany's fate (when it was still a jumble of states) would be resolved through nationality (blood) and might (iron).
East Berlin, the capital of the new communist regime of Eastern Germany was not happy with the fact that West Berlin was occupied by the US, Britain and France. This area was the only one behind the Iron Curtain that the Western powers could control.
Bismarck was eager to control the territories of Alsace and Lorraine, as they had rich deposits of iron ore that were vital for industrial production and military strength. These territories were also seen as strategically important for maintaining Germany's power and influence in Europe.
Because they were rich with iron ore.
Bismarck was eager to control territories in Lorraine and Luxembourg because they had rich deposits of iron ore, which was essential for industrial development and military power in the 19th century. Control over these territories would strengthen Germany's economy and position in Europe.
It means that they would use blood (hard work, the power of the people) and iron (technology, weapons, etc) to succeed and unify the German territories.
Otto von Bismarck went by The Iron Chancellor.
Bismarck's title in Germany was Chancellor (Reichskanzler).
Otto von Bismarck
Der Eisenkanzler (the iron Chancellor) was OTTO VON BISMARCK.
Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen, generally known as Otto von Bismarck or just Bismarck.
The Iron Chancellor
otto von Bismarck
German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck used this phrase (in German: Blut und Eisen) in a speech given in 1862 about the unification of the German territories. It is also a famous transposed phrase that Bismarck uttered near the end of the speech that has become one of his most famous quotations.