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E. Napp
But the Prussian king would not take the crown from the hands of revolutionariesand liberals.
E. Napp
The Prussians fought three wars to unify Germany. They fought the Danes, the Austrians, and the French.Unification was achieved through“blood and iron”.
E. Napp
And finally, thePrussians fought
the French thereby
successfully uniting Northern
German Protestantsand Southern
German Catholics.
E. Napp
By 1871, Germany was unified. Kaiseror Emperor Wilhelm I ruled and Otto
von Bismarck served as the chancellor.
E. Napp
“The greatest questions of the daywill not be settled by speeches andmajority decisions but by iron and
blood.”
Otto von Bismarck