Who was Otto von Bismarck ? …

Otto von Bismarck, was the architect of the process of unification who  carried out the process with the help of the Prussian army and bureaucracy.

a. Bismarck helped in instilling a sense of nationalism among the masses.

b. Prussia, under his leadership entered into three wars for over seven years for national unification, which resulted in Prussian victory.

c. Bismarck helped in proclaiming the new German empire headed by William Kaiser I of Prussia.

Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck was the mastermind of German Unification and was the first chancellor of the united nation. Bismarck caused Germany to transform from a loose net of 39 states into the strongest industrial nation of Europe. The unification of Germany had a tremendous impact on European balance of powers for the rest of history. For nearly 30 years Bismarck dominated Germany and European politics.