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A 6 page discussion of the measures taken in the unification of Germany in the nineteenth century. In a speech to the his House of Deputies on January 28, 1886 Prussian prime minister Otto von Bismarck used the phrase "Blut und Eisen". Translated, the phrase means "Blood and Iron", the phrase that became Bismarck's trademark as he manipulated his way toward the unification of Germany. Although bribery and even lies were part of Bismarck's tool chest, he ultimately was successful in achieving German unification. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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to the his House of Deputies on January 28, 1886 Prussian prime minister Otto von Bismarck used the phrase "Blut und Eisen". Translated, the phrase means "Blood and Iron",
the phrase that became Bismarcks trademark as he manipulated his way toward the unification of Germany (Hutchinson Dictionary of Quotations, 2003). Although bribery and even lies were among the
means that Bismarck achieved German unification, the fact is that not only did he did achieve unification but he resisted the temptation to conquer Europe as a whole preferring to
focus on continually building Germanys strength and safeguarding her borders (World Political Leaders, 2001). Bismarck was born into a wealthy noble
family. His father, Ferdinand von Bismarck, was a Brandenburng squire and his mother, Wilhelmina Mencken, a wealthy heiress (World Political Leaders, 2001). The year following Bismarcks birth on
April 1, 1815, the family moved from their Bradenburg estate to another estate in Kneiphof in the Prussian province of Pomerania (World Political Leaders, 2001). Bismarck began school at
the age of seven at the Plamaan Institute preparatory school (World Political Leaders, 2001). At seventeen he enrolled at the University of Gottingen and two years later transferred to
the University of Berlin (World Political Leaders, 2001). Bismarcks academic career was not that impressive (World Political Leaders, 2001). He even considered joining the military but, largely as
a result of his mothers influence, he joined the civil service instead. Bismarck was bored in his new duties, however (World Political Leaders, 2001). With his mothers death
in 1839 the family would plunge into a financial plummet (World Political Leaders, 2001). Bismarck became lord of the Schonhausen estate and in 1847 he married Johanna von Puttkamer,
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