How Did Bismarck Build The Alliance On Prussia
In 1864-1866 Prussia and Austria made an alliance so they could win the war against Denmark. The war was won to win over border states Schleswig and Holstein, but Prussia ended up governing Schleswig and Austria, Holstein. After the alliance had just been made Prussia made a secret agreement with Italy. Bismarck purposefully stirred up border conflicts. This resulted in Austria declaring war on Prussia. The war was from 1866-1867 and was called “The Seven Weeks War”. The war quickly ended resulting in a embarrassed Austria, and a triumphant Prussia, now governing the state of Venetia. As a result of the Seven Weeks War, Prussia was able to take control of north Germany. The states remaining finally joined a North German Confederation in
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The Prussians were ready to go full force with this war as they were very prepared. The Prussian army poured into northern France and surrounded the french force in Sedan. They were successfully able to take a whopping 80,000 prisoners from northern France, even including Napoleon III.
Paris, which was the center of the war, went under a four month siege by the Germans. Finally, the French finally surrendered as hunger forced them to do so. The Prussian’s took the triumphant win back home. Bismarck’s vision went as planned and was successful as the German states in the south finally accepted Nationalism and Prussian leadership. This was one of the last steps to the German unification. Will almost all states under one rule, it made it much simpler than before to bring the nation together as a whole.
The Italian unification, also known as the Risorgimento, occurred in 1871, a few months before the German unification. It was actually an important factor as it pushed them to unify as another country had already done it. The 1848 revolutions were revolts that took place in the states of the Italian peninsula and Sicily, led by politicians who desired a liberal government. A collection of monarchs ruling different states was what they did not want. Austria, a German state, was a very large power. It ruled some of the northern Italian states, for example, Lombardy and Venetia. Cavour of Italy and Napoleon III of France made an agreement to drive the Austrians out of the
The Prussians were ready to go full force with this war as they were very prepared. The Prussian army poured into northern France and surrounded the french force in Sedan. They were successfully able to take a whopping 80,000 prisoners from northern France, even including Napoleon III.
Paris, which was the center of the war, went under a four month siege by the Germans. Finally, the French finally surrendered as hunger forced them to do so. The Prussian’s took the triumphant win back home. Bismarck’s vision went as planned and was successful as the German states in the south finally accepted Nationalism and Prussian leadership. This was one of the last steps to the German unification. Will almost all states under one rule, it made it much simpler than before to bring the nation together as a whole.
The Italian unification, also known as the Risorgimento, occurred in 1871, a few months before the German unification. It was actually an important factor as it pushed them to unify as another country had already done it. The 1848 revolutions were revolts that took place in the states of the Italian peninsula and Sicily, led by politicians who desired a liberal government. A collection of monarchs ruling different states was what they did not want. Austria, a German state, was a very large power. It ruled some of the northern Italian states, for example, Lombardy and Venetia. Cavour of Italy and Napoleon III of France made an agreement to drive the Austrians out of the