Otto von Bismarck
The Iron Chancellor · Chancellor of Germany · 1815–1898
The Iron Chancellor who unified Germany through blood and iron — and then kept the peace for twenty years through diplomacy.
Explore the life of Bismarck — five chapters
- The Mad Junker — Duels, debts and an unpromising start
- Blood and Iron — Governing without a budget
- Three Wars in Seven Years — Königgrätz, the Ems Dispatch, and an empire proclaimed at Versailles
- The Chancellor at Home — Persecuting Catholics, banning socialists, inventing welfare
- Dropping the Pilot — Dismissed, and what happened to his system
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