*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading After Prussia was victorious in the Austro-Prussian War, Bismarck played a waiting game where the unification of Germany was concerned, as the joining of the southern states - initially resistant to Prussian rule, friendly with Austria, and bent on independence - would have to be overcome.
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What was needed was "a clear case of French aggression" toward either Prussia or the southern states. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading After Prussia was victorious in the Austro-Prussian War, Bismarck played a waiting game where the unification of Germany was concerned, as the joining of the southern states - initially resistant to Prussian rule, friendly with Austria, and bent on independence - would have to be overcome
