The military and political successes of Bismarck,…

1864 CE to 1875 CE

The military and political successes of Bismarck, an ardent and aggressive Prussian nationalist, are remarkable, but the first had been achieved at considerable risk, and the second are by no means complete.

Luck had played a part in the decisive victory at the Battle of Königgrätz (Hradec Kralove in the present-day Czech Republic); otherwise, the war might have lasted much longer than it did.

None of the larger German states had supported either Prussia's war or the formation of the North German Confederation led by Prussia.

The states that form what is often called the Third Germany, that is, Germany exclusive of Austria and Prussia, do not desire to come under the control of either of those states.

None of them had wished to be pulled into a war that showed little likelihood of benefiting any of them.

In the Seven Weeks' War, the support they had given Austria had been lukewarm.

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Otto von Bismarck View → William I, German Emperor View →

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German Revolutions: 1864-1875 View → Austro-Prussian War (Seven Weeks War) View → Königgrätz, Battle of View →

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