Austro-Prussian War

centuries between European and World powers, as being inevitably caused by great armament. However, as Foreign Secretary only during early World War One, his opinion may not be applicable to other conflicts during this period. This includes the Austro-Prussian War, a war that led to a united Germany which arguably played a role in the origins of two World Wars, World War Two, a war in which 70 nations took part in the conflict, and fighting took place on the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe, the Cold War, in which conflict occurred via proxy, and the Gulf War as an example of a more modern conflict. Therefore,…

June 8 1866 - The Austro-Prussian War, also known as the Seven Weeks War, was from June 8th, 1866 to July 26th, 1866. Austria, aided by Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover and some smaller German states, and Prussia, with the support of Italy declared war on each other. It was started by Otto von Bismarck, a German statesman, to push Austria out of the German Confederation. He did this against the wishes of his king. Bismarck wanted the German unification under Prussian control. Prior to this though,…

In 1866, Bismarck made an offensive alliance with Italy . He was not only realized the war with Austria was inevitable for German unification but also confident that Austria was unable to defend herself. Rapid victory on the battlefield has long been a foregone conclusion to Bismarck. Prussia’s army had better training than the Austria’s army. Helmuth von Moltke, the chief of staff of the Prussian Army, used the railway efficiently led to Prussia’s military was able to move rapidly and his…

Ideas and beliefs have proved to be an extraordinary force throughout all of history. Ideas in the enlightenment period leading to a new way of thinking, religious beliefs leading to war. For Italy, Germany and others it was nationalism which changed their history in the 19th century and led to wars for independence. Although nationalism helped Italian and German unification it also led to the breakup of empires such as the Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman. Nationalism is the idea that people of…

independent and were hesitant that a Prussian state that seems very obedient. The Danish War took place in 1864. Bismarck teamed up with Austria, but secretly Austria was his enemy. Bismarck and Austria combined, defeated Denmark and took Schleswig as a price, which resulted in Holstein going to Austria. Germany targeted Denmark because Denmark controlled the northern properties and they wanted Schelwig. The unification of Germany forced the states to pull together and help end the war. The…

of Prussia, Wilhelm I to help find a new king in which they went and spoke with Karl Anton the prince of Honenzollern Sigmaringen. Anton had a son named Leopold H.S. who was nominated to be the king of Spain. After making this decision, Bismarck sent a letter to Spain about this decision which was intercepted by the French. Duke de Gramont who was the minister of France gave an abrupt speech about Prussia. Napoleon III sent count Benedetti to talk to Wilhelm so that he would take back Leopold’s…

historians put forward the standpoint that the instability of France between those years is due to political factors as there were wars between countries, conflicts within the government and, unsuccessful and ineffective strategy of ruling the country. However, two different stances stand against this outlook and are believed as providers for the contributions to the cause of the instability. The economic factors are the second important factor, because…

As part of the terms of losing, the Prussians were to occupy Paris for two days. During this time, the Parisians closed all of their shops in protest. The National Guard was unhappy of the compromises due to the war and they teamed up with some of the Parisians to voice this. This ended up with the deaths of two generals. This didn’t stop until June when the leader was killed. It was not before the slaying of an Archbishop that helped the people during the bitter winter of the Siege along with…

Von Bismarck was born in Prussia and on April 1, 1815(Heuston, 18). Later Bismarck was made President and Foreign Minister of Prussia, the most powerful state, by King Wilhelm I (53) . His goal was to have German unification. Bismarck makes his “Blood and Iron” speech on the unification. Bismarck did this process in phases. The first phase started with the “7 Weeks War”. Denmark controlled two german territories. Both Austria and Prussia teamed up to defeat Denmark in 7 weeks. In the end of the…

this by being an imaginative strategist and tactician. Napoleon’s armies were able to conquer a variety of lands under his leadership. They conquered the Iberian and Italian peninsula, defeated Austrian and Prussian forces, and occupied the Netherlands. Additionally, Napoleon 's troops were able to dissolve the crumbling Holy Roman Empire. Napoleon reorganized the once Holy Roman Empire into a confederacy of German states. In 1804, he even went as far as to crown himself emperor of the massive…