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Otto Von Bismarck
Otto Von Bismarck was the first Chancellor of Germany after uniting several Germanic states into one unified country. Under King Wilhelm the First, he brought the first welfare system to the modern world. His statesmanship and political prowess remained much admired into the twentieth century.
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Why was Otto Von Bismarck nicknamed the Blood and Iron Chancellor?
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).
Bismarck was a Lutheran like most of the Junker statesmen
What two wars did otto von Bismarck use to unify Germany?
Franco-Prussian war
and the Austro-Prussian war
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) was Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince von Bismarck, Count von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke von Lauenburg.
Bismarck was a Prussian statesman who in 1871 founded the German Empire and served as its first chancellor for 19 years.
Through German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's (1815-1898) efforts, Germany was transformed from a loose collection of small states into the German Empire, the strongest industrialized nation in continental Europe. A unified Germany permanently changed the European balance of power. Though Bismarck dominated German and European politics for nearly 30 years, his career was a series of paradoxes. An ultraconservative, he initiated social and welfare reform. A master politician, he despised parliaments and parties. A Prussian patriot, he created a German empire.
For sinking the British flag ship HMS Hood in a lucky hit. She was also famous due to the fact she has been incorrectly called the biggest and most powerful battleship of all time. Also due to the sheer determination to kill her in Britain has lead to her being remembered.
Why was Otto von Bismarck important to Germany?
Because he was the main actor in the unification of the German Empire, during the second half of the 19th century.
He led a serie of war against Denmark, Austria and France in order to unify, under the Prussian control, the German Empire. He will be the first Reichskanzler (imperial Chancelor) in 1871 after the German victory over France and the annexion of the Alsace and the Lorraine lands.
What did Otto Von Bismarck achieve?
Well, He created the modern German state in 1871. Before him there was no unified German State only princely states.
England and France
Why was the ship Bismarck important?
It's an important BRITISH battle; as the British fought it, and won it.
What did Otto Von Bismarck want to do?
Otto von Bismarck wanted to unify German states. He was born when the German confederation was just created. His main priority was to help Prussia have the most powerful army in all of Europe which it eventually did. Bismarck was clever and would manipulate his ways into getting more territory. SO basically he wanted to unite all German states making the German Empire with Prussia as the core
Why is otto von Bismarck famous?
Otto Von Bismarck (1815-1898) is famous because as Prussia's 'Iron' Chancellor (1862-1890), through a series of wars he united the various German states of the mid 19th century into a single unified German Empire. He made Germany a single nation for the first time in its history. That is why he's famous.
Describe how otto von Bismarck contributed to German unification?
he collected taxes and stengthed the army from 1862 to 1866 ,he governed prussia without approval of the parliament
