They modernized their government and army so that Napoleon could be defeated.
No. The historic name of Thailand was the Kingdom of Siam. Prussia was one of the German States that eventually unified Germany into one nation-state.
Prussia was not absorbed into the German state, the state of Prussia founded the North German Confederation which then became the German Empire with Prussia as it most important state, the King of Prussia became on the inception of the country of Germany, the King of Germany or the Kaiser. The Kaiser's were the Kings of Germany until nearly the end of World War 1 when Germany became the Weimar Republic, which was then taken over by election by the Nazi Party and then became a dictatorship under Hitler and Nazi Germany.
Otto von Bismarck relied heavily on his military prowess to bring about a unified Germany as minister of Prussia. He was skilled at strategy and knowing what would encourage his people, and used those skills to push the citizens of Prussia and the other German nation states to want unification.
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Prussia was the state and former kingdom of Germany. Austria became a vassal state to Prussia. Later on Austria and Prussia become little more than just vassal state.
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The two key leaders of Prussia who played pivotal roles in the unification of Germany were Otto von Bismarck and King Wilhelm I. Bismarck, as the Chancellor, orchestrated a series of wars and diplomatic maneuvers that ultimately unified the German states under Prussian leadership. King Wilhelm I supported Bismarck's efforts and was crowned the first Emperor of the unified German Empire in 1871. Their collaboration was crucial in transforming the fragmented German territories into a cohesive nation-state.
No, Prussia did not include portions of the Black Forest. The Black Forest is located in southwestern Germany, primarily within the state of Baden-Württemberg, which was not part of Prussia. Prussia was mainly situated in the northern and eastern parts of Germany, encompassing areas like Brandenburg, Pomerania, and parts of Silesia.
PRUSSIA is the answer you are looking for, but does not exactly fit the requirements of the question asked.Prussia was only the second-most powerful German State, but was effective in leading the unification movement by diplomatically and militarily side-stepping the more powerful Austria, which was the most powerful German State. Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Prussia, calculated that in order for Prussia to be the leader of a united Germany, Austria needed to be kept out and Bismarck had Prussia fight a war against the Austrians in 1866 in order to weaken the Austrian position,
No - there is quite a lot of overlap, but many of the states of the current Germany were never part of Prussia and some territories that were part of Prussia are not part of the current Germany (much of the current Poland and Lithuania were part of Prussia, for example). For a more precise description you need to specify exactly which time period you are talking about since the territorial limits of the state varied over time.
Bismarck wanted unification to achieve his aim of a conservative, Prussian-dominated German state, attained through three wars.