Germanic Nationalism

CLAIM: Conservative establishments of Europe was threatened by 1840s KBhHIST201Nationalism

Strong figures in Germany and Italy created nation states from a top-down approach using KBhHIST201IRonWarfare.

=> Post-German Unification wars, Germany became the largest+strongest state in Europe

• Otto von Bismarck lead Prusisa to wage war on neighboring states to consolidate German territories
• Bismarck wanted to strengthen the position of Prussia => made the "Iron and Blood" speech that called for absolute top-down unity of Germany
  • Advocated for the creation of a German confederation but w/o Austria => achieved by small, short wars against decisive land
  • Wanted to remove Austria from the German region so that Prussia would be the only one that shapes German business
    • Fought the Seven Weeks' War => very, very, very quick
    • CLAIM: won because of INDUSTIRALIZAION! (I suppose KBhHIST201IRonWarfare) and the new military technologies of logistics and better guns
• After weakening Austria, the North German Confederation was formed w/ a new parliament and broad suffrage