Why was it important to unify German[in 1871].i want the unification done under otto von bismarck?

Question

I don't need the reunification of East and west germany.my main question is why did the prussians felt that germany formation is important to europ or them?

Answer 1

Prussia pressured the German States to form a Single Nation mainly because Prussia needed to control the resources of the German States in order to grow. By 1871 the Status Quo had been in place for approx 2 centuries. Various alliances & agreements knitted the German States togethers but each retained their own sovereinity. Otto argued that for the benefit of all the German States they should recognized the Primacy of Prussia which for all intent and purpose was/is Berlin.

This is a point they scarcely teach you in School, What is the head without a body, etc? Whereas London and Paris are the 'Natural' Locus/Focus Points of their Countries, two Countries Drained a Swamp and Built a Capitol City. America, and Prussia which 'morphed' into the Germanic Empire until the end of World War One when various experiments in democracy & dictatorship wear practiced up to the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany.
It was important to Otto Von Bismark because he truly believed that a United Germany was essential to Prussia and all Things German. Bismark was a 'true' Nationalist. He though that all should be done to make Germany secure strong and he convinced the assorted States of Germany to agree.
One Irony? The Germanic States stayed together after the demise of Bismark and much later after the defeat of World War One. It was Hitler who with a swipe of a pen blasted away the tangled web of agreements and declared all to be 'One Germany,' double irony, Hitler 'hated' Berlin but Berlin became the heart & soul of Germany as it remains into 2007.

Peace.......................
PS - - - It was also 'important' in the way that NAFTA was important - - - By Become one Nation (under God) Germany 'normalized' trade across state borders and pooled their money in a central banking system this enabled Germany to become an economic powerhouse powered by the bankers & lawyers & finaciers & industrialist in Berlin...

Answer 2

Much of the history of Europe in the19th century was driven by nationalist movements. Before that time, it was generally thought to be OK for peoples to be ruled from afar, by rulers unrelated to their subjects, as long as they were the 'legitimate' kings, which usually meant next in line by blood to the last legitimate king. That's how Europe ended up with empires like Austria-Hungary, which originated largely in the marital imperialism of a family called the Hapsburgs, which included peoples who spoke many different languages.

By the start of the 19th century in Europe, however, latent nationalism was unleashed across Europe by the French Revolution and spread by Napoleon's armies.

Many peoples who were not politically unified, some of whom were divided into many different principalities like Germany and Italy, others of whom were ruled by others like many 'nations' (Serbs, Bulgarians, Slovaks, Hungarians, etc.) within Austria-Hungary, or Greeks and Macedonians and Albanians etc. in the Ottoman Empire, or for that matter Irish in the UK, decided that they wanted to live as one unified nation under their own rule. Other groups wanted people who were like themselves to be free of the domination of others. So we get the birth of pan-German and pan-Slavic and pan-Italian movements etc.

The unification of Germany was just a part of this, as was the unification of Italy the year before. This nationalist, almost tribal ideal continued to bedevil Europe in the 20th century, as the First World War started largely as a contest between pan-Slavic and pan-Germanic groups of nations. The Russians backed the Serbs, who were fellow Slavs, against the Austro-Hungarians, who, being ruled by a German speaking elite, were naturally backed by Germany.

The Second World War started this way too, at least in theory, as Hitler's Anschluss unified Austria with the Third Reich, then Hitler demanded that Czechoslovakia surrender the largely German speaking territory of the Sudetenland because all Germans should be one nation. Remember, Hitler himself was actually Austrian, but came to rule Germany, because the Germans regard anyone of Germanic heritage as being a fellow German.

This same impulse is still operating in Europe, as the Scots, who want to rule themselves, are close to a degree of independence within the United Kingdom. Similarly, the Russians regard all of the Slavic countries in their 'backyard' - Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, etc - as naturally part of Russia, because they are fellow Slavs. The same idea has spread to Asia, too, and that's the basic idea behind China's claims to Taiwan.

Even today, I believe, it's easier for a Russian who speaks no German, but who can trace his grandparents back to Germany, to become a naturalized German citizen, than for someone born in Frankfurt of Turkish heritage, who has never lived anywhere but Germany and speaks nothing but German, to do so. (Don't quote me on this unless someone verifies it, though. The Germans have been getting a lot of heat on this subject lately, and it may have changed recently.)

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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