>btfo Denmark
>outmaneuvered and contained Britain and Russia
>btfo Austria
>btfo France
>unified Germany
>survived an assassination attempt by deflecting the bullets with his Prussian superiority
Is Bismarck the most based leader of modern times?
Btfo Denmark
Luis Lopez
Adam Brown
Redpill me on Ost Preussen. Is it going to get back to Germoney?
Joseph Cruz
And now Muslim Hordes are taking over his beloved country
Jackson Walker
he was bigly smart
pretty much the only politician in Germany who resisted the colonialism hysteria at the time, because he realised that countries had colonies because they were rich, not that they were rich because they had colonies
Nathaniel Williams
How does this reflect poorly on Bismarck?
John Ross
>How does this reflect poorly on Bismarck?
he didn't instill patriotism in his useless people.
Hunter Martin
>btfo Denmark
That Prussia lost war with Danes before he did was an achievement, him winning it? He was just being a bully.
Colton Jones
He didn't unite Germany because he was such a big fan of the idea. In fact most conservatives at that time opposed a German nation state. That was a liberal idea. Bismarck simply gave in to the pressure. He wanted to prevent a second revolution. It was the same with his social reforms.
Charles White
He was the man among men when men were still men.
Wyatt Diaz
source?
Carter Stewart
Unfortunately, yes, apart from the possible exception of Teddy.
Zachary Hall
You forgot
>correctly predicted the downfall of the Prussian Empire when "Cousin Wilhelm" fired him.
Charles Torres
Basic history. That isn't a secret.
Daniel Smith
There was absolutely no reason for Germany to fuck with Denmark.
Adam Parker
Bismarck was a lukewarm Republican.
Parker Cooper
Social reforms are quite obviously true(the Bismarck's social policies were generally beneficial to the state more than to the "people" but took the talking points from the socialists so it was win-win), dunno about unification of Germany tho.
Connor Mitchell
>no reason
Schleswig-Holstein
Nicholas Stewart
They already had it, it was just removed with 70 years of "anti nazi" indoctrination.
Brody Flores
>In fact most conservatives at that time opposed a German nation state.
This is wrong. He had always strived for a united Germany under Prussian domination. There was massive support for the idea among conservatives and even the national liberals (not to be confused with today's definition of "liberal"). The victories over Denmark and especially Austria created a wave of nationalist sentiment among Prussians of all stripes and colors.
James Nelson
Slesvig-Holsten
Henry Brown
>Basic history. That isn't a secret.
You need to brush up on it. I recommend Otto Pflanze's two volume biography on Bismarck.
Lucas Taylor
Politics were different at that time. The conservatives were royalists and not nationalists. The people who waived German flags and sang the national anthem were young liberals (see Wartburtfest). It is true that Bismarck wanted Prussia to have a strong influence but he himself criticised the idea of a German nation states for quite a time. Just look up his quotes.
John Rogers
The you-know-what in 1863 allowed the German unification by preventing war between Prussia and Russia I think. Not that it would help with the discrimination and all that horrible stuff from Bismarck.
William Collins
>The conservatives were royalists and not nationalists.
This is absolutely wrong, and the mere fact that you seem to suggest that those two are mutually exclusive concepts tells me you should probably leave this thread.
Henry Ward
Go pick up a book. Have you missed the history classes where your teacher brought up how Bismarck had to convince King Wilhelm of Prussia to accept the crown? Jesus, I didn't think this was even controversial.
Daniel Young
What does that have to do with the fact that there was a widespread wish for unification, you retarded cunt.
Chase Bailey
Parker Stewart
And Bismarck bowed to that wish. He was known for his pragmatism. That doesn't change the fact the he fiercely opposed the nationalist movement of 1848/49.