No, he went to war because he lost a bet.
Yes.
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France - franco-prussian war
Germany didn't participate in the Franco Prussian war . If it had it would have been the Franco-German war.
The Austro-Prussian War joined together the north German states. After Prussia won the Franco-Prussian War, the peace treaty declared the unification of Germany.
The Franco-Prussian War resulted in the annexation by the North German Confederation of Alsace-Lorraine.
Otto Von Bismarck unified the German states under the Prussian king.WilliamBismarck
a person from prussia. prussia was one of the independent German kingdoms that Bismarck united into the country of Germany.
The Alsace-Lorraine region was claimed by both France and Germany in the 19th century after the Franco-Prussian War. Bismarck went along with the German Emperor's position that Alsace-Lorraine should be annexed to form part of Germany.
Bismarck along with his chief of staff, Moltke, were powerful leaders. Moltke helped Bismarck build a Prussian army that controlled much of Europe and the German States. Bismarck's early successes in the Danish War, in the Austro-Prussian War helped consolidate Bismarck's power.With Bismarck's defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War which took place in 1870 -71, Bismarck's position of leadership was fully recognized. During the war, the separate German States agreed to a unification with Prussia.Bismarck's ability to crush France and gain from her Alsace-Lorraine for Germany, along with paying war reparations, solidified the independent German States with Prussia.Bismarck became the despotic, powerful military force driving behind Prussian domination. It was Bismarck who proclaimed Wilhelm I Kaiser (king ) of a united Germany. This was fine with Wilhelm.Generally speaking, the military and aristocracy (including Wilhelm ) fully backed Bismarck as Chancellor.
As the result of France's loss in the Franco-Prussian War, the northeastern French Province of Alsace Lorraine (called Elsass-Lohringen in German) was ceded to Greater Germany.
The French were defeated by the Prussians in 1871-it was called the Franco-Prussian War. Napolean III was humiliated by the Prussians under Von Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm I. It was after that, the German states were united into Germany.
Otto Bismarck (later von Bismarck), the first-ever German chancellor, he became chancellor of a unified Germany in 1871. He was already chancellor of the most powerful state in the German Confederation (1815-1866).