In the build up to war, the southern confederate German states voluntarily joined the Prussian-controlled Northern German Confederation. Germany was now unified. The Franco-Prussian war was ended ...

Superficially a step toward the unification of Germany, the war also demonstrated the effectiveness of the recent sweeping reforms of the Prussian Army. It also gave the world it first look at ...

Deceased French president Francois Mitterrand in 1989 gave his approval to German unification on condition that then Chancellor Helmut Kohl opened the way for the creation of an only currency in ...

He was old enough to remember the horrors of Nazi Germany and the war it inflicted on the war ... Dr Kohl chose to ignore Europe and pursue unification on his terms. Kohl was caught off guard ...

He reorganised the ‘German’ lands to 39 larger states. He also established the Confederation of the Rhine, which brought further unification to the most influential German states. The German ...