PPT-Bismarck’s Germany HI136, History of Germany

Lecture 2 The FrancoPrussian War 187071 primacy of domestic policy War with France created an huge upsurge in German national feeling popular pressure in the South German states to transform the wartime alliance into a permanent union. HI136, History of Germany. Lecture 2. Danish war (1964). Austro-Prussian war (1866). Franco-Prussian war (1870-71). Three wars of German unification:. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-71): primacy of domestic policy. Lecture 12. The Third Reich . At War. The Polish Campaign, 1-28 Sept. 1939. Source: R. Overy, . The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Third Reich. Blitzkrieg. Campaigns in western Europe and the Mediterranean,. The Emergence of Prussia. 1860 Wilhelm I. Resurgence of Liberalism during this period- industrialists embraced it. Post 1848 nationalism went very quiet…until the 1860s combined with liberalism. Both Austria and Prussia were attempting to reconfigure the German confederation to their advantages in the 1850’s- to varying degrees of success. Germany. HI136, History of Germany. Lecture 2. Danish war (1964). Austro-Prussian war (1866). Franco-Prussian war (1870-71). Three wars of German unification:. The architects of German Unification – Bismarck (left) with General Albrecht von . Lecture . 17. 1989 and Reunification. Reasons for . the Collapse of the GDR. Domestic Factors. Economic problems. Growing dissatisfaction with regime. Pressure for reform. International Factors. Reform within the Soviet Union. Lecture 16. 1968. Background of Social Change. The protests of 1968 reflected an . ongoing. process of social change, not just in Germany but in the whole of the western world.. Increased prosperity and living standards.. Lecture . 13. Defeat, Occupation . and . Division. The Morgenthau Plan. . Drawn up by the US Secretary of State, Henry Morgenthau.. Designed to ensure that Germany could never again be a threat to her neighbours.. Vereinheitlichung von . Deutschland!!!!. Problems:. Austria opposed any attempt at unifying Germany. Feared it would lose influence in the German States. A unified Germany would give Austria a run for its money militarily and economically. Unification of Germany 1871- 1890. The New . G. ermany. Under Bismarck’s leadership, the new Germany emerged as the dominant power in central Europe.. “When Bismarck became prime minister of Prussia in 1862, the kingdom was universally considered the weakest of the five European powers. Less than nine years later Prussia had been victorious in three wars, and a unified German Empire had emerged in the heart of Europe, arousing envy and fear among its rivals. When Bismarck left office in 1890, after 28 years as prime minister of Prussia and 19 as chancellor of the German Empire, the map of Europe had been changed beyond measure. The European centre, characterized by a weak conglomeration of small and medium-sized states for centuries, was now home to the foremost military and industrial power on the Continent.”. Do Now:. Copy the following, then answer the questions that follows.. Nationalism:. is a belief that people should be loyal (faithful) to their nation. They do not have to love their leader. However, the people must share the following:. German Unification. Brief History. By the 1800s the Germany we know today consisted of 39 . independent . states. The largest was Prussia. These states shared the same culture and industry brought them closer together. WHERE IS GERMANY. Germany is in Europe. Germany is in the northwestern hemisphere .. Germany is on the Eurasian tectonic . plate.. Germany is 357 021 sq km.. Fact monster.com. Otto von Bismarck (1815-98). Born in . Sch. önhausen. in Brandenburg, the son of a Pomeranian . Junker. .. Educated at . Göttingen. University.. 1836: Entered the Prussian civil service.. 1839: Retired from the civil service to manage the family estates.. Lecture 5. The July Crisis. 28 June:. Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo.. 5 July:. Kaiser Wilhelm II offers Germany’s unconditional support (the ‘blank cheque’) to Austria-Hungary..