Archive for month: April, 2025

Bismarck wanted to unite all German speaking states into one nation state. By 1870, all the German states which...

In 1866 the conflict between Prussia and Austria erupted over the control of Schleswig and Holstein, the German speaking...

Schleswig and Holstein were primarily populated by Germans and had been under the rule of the Danish King for...

Bismarck’s ultimate goal was to unite the German states into a strong German Empire with Prussia as its core....

In 1862, Otto von Bismarck was appointed Prime minister of Prussia. Bismarck was a ruthless politician and a believer...

Events of February 1848 in France had brought about the abdication of the monarch and a republic based on...

Culture played an important role in creating the idea of the nation: art and poetry, stories and music helped...

Before 1818, each district in Prussia had its own customs and there were as many as 67 tariff areas...

In 1815, representatives of the European powers such as Britain, Russia, Prussia and Austria who had collectively defeated Napoleon,...

BASIC BACKGROUND Since the 9th century, German states were bound together in a loose political Unity known as Holy...