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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,

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None it was the Prussian Empire who did this with Otto Von Bismarck. After Germany was unified the Prussian Dissolved in to the German Empire

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What was the German Unification?

Before the German Unification, what is now Germany was divided into many separate, small nations. The German Unification was a treaty that was signed on January 18th, 1871 at the Palace of Versailles famous "Hall of Mirrors." In the treaty, the small German nations united to form the German Empire under Emperor Wilhelm, previously the Emperor of Prussia, one of the German nations that was part of the Unification. Due to several major religious, cultural, and linguistic differences, however, it took some time before the country would actually feel united.


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