Prussia, originally a small state of the German state, in the division of the German state Prussia is only one of the most inconspicuous existence, but in the sixties and seventies of the nineteenth century, Prussia became the leading state of the German state, through several wars unified the German state, established a truly unified German nation-state, and then played a pivotal role in the international world, became a non-negligible existence.
So what role did the Prussian nation play in the process of German unification? Why did Germany turn around and become a world power? There are mainly the following reasons.
Germany tended to be unified internally, with Prussia dominating
In addition to the sharpness of Germany's internal contradictions, Tsarist Russia has always been the main operator of external and international obstruction of German unification, and its international policy towards Germany is to disrupt Germany for a long time and maintain the current division of Germany.
But it has to be said that Tsarist Russia has achieved certain achievements in this policy for a period of time, but Prussia, which has become more and more powerful within Germany, deeply felt the inadequacy of the current division of the state, and was not satisfied with the current state in Germany, so after the war of 1848, Prussia began to actively travel around the states, trying to establish a union of German states based on its own leadership.
Of course, the process was not so smooth, the obstruction of Tsarist Russia, the careful thinking of various states all contributed to the delay of German national unification, and after the sixties of the twentieth century, Tsarist Russia became more and more unable to obstruct the German state, and the international situation began to gradually turn to Prussia, and Prussia finally ushered in the opportunity for German national unification.
Prussia advocated force, and the concept of war was implanted in the bones
Bismarck, the first prime minister of the German Empire, was very iron-blooded, advocating military affairs, and solving problems by war, Bismarck was the leader of Prussia at that time, Prussia under the leadership of Bismarck, deeply implemented Bismarck's own military concepts and means of action, through three large-scale dynastic wars to achieve the unification of the entire German Empire, and finally established a complete German Empire.
The First Dynastic War, Prussia vs. Denmark, the war was mainly due to the fact that at the Vienna Conference, many countries completely ignored the opinions of the German state and directly assigned two pieces of land to Denmark, which undoubtedly caused the public indignation of the German people, Prussia seized this opportunity to launch a war, and then Denmark was defeated, and the Prussian nation also used this war to test the ability and military strength of the Prussian nation, and also made German patriots enthusiastic.
In the Second Dynastic War, Prussia against Austria, Prussia and Austria belonged to the German state, and after the First Dynastic War, Prussia became more and more prestigious among the people of the German state, which caused a sharp contradiction with Austria on the question of who was the boss of the German state, and a fierce war broke out between Prussia and Austria.
In the end, Austria lost to Prussia and ended in defeat, Prussia established its leading position in the German state, after the victory in this war, Bismarck solved the division problem that had long plagued the German Empire with a very iron-blooded hand, and with the help of several successive victories, successfully set off a whirlwind of military and universal national patriotism in the German Empire.
The Third Dynastic War, Prussia against France, then Prussia won several successive wars, showing a strong force at home and internationally, and the French emperor feared that the German state would be too powerful and threatened the status of his country, so he vigorously opposed the unity of the German state and launched the Franco-Prussian War.
But this war was different from the past, after France declared war on Prussia, the German patriotism that had been laid down quickly swept through the states, and the war quickly united the originally cautious states, and finally the Franco-Prussian War ended with the defeat of France.
After the war, Bismarck finally realized the unification of the German Empire, ending the division of the German state for nearly four centuries, and since then the German Empire has entered a stage of rapid development, with great progress in industry, agriculture, science and technology, and the German Empire began to enter the ranks of modern developed countries.
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In short, the biggest practical reason for the unification of the German state is that Prussia was not satisfied with the status quo and achieved it through a series of dynastic wars and means. However, in the process of leading the unification of the German state by the Prussian nation, the advocating of force in the blood of the Prussian nation, and militarism were also directly implemented at the level of the German state.
This did not have much effect in the short term, but after a period of time, the concept of "solving problems by force" rooted in the blood of the German state was deeply rooted, which would be harmful to the subsequent operation of the state and the world, just as Germany launched World War I and World War II.
