Unification of Germany

Unification of Germany

1. Danish War

   • Denmark:Schleswig-Holstein
     • Alliance with Austria
       • Denmark defeated by Prussia
         • Holsten to Austria
         • Schleswig to Prussia
           • Bismarck Plan

2. Austro-Prussian War

   • Austria, Prussia: Administration of Holsten and Schleswig
     • Bismarck: Austria war Prussia
   • Seven weeks war
   • 1867:Bismarck disolved German confederation
     • North German Confederation

3. Franco Prussian War

   • Bismarck provoqued war on France: Spanish throne
     • Napoleon III declared war on Prussia because of a modified telegram
       • July 1870
       • September, French defeated, emperor captured
         • Treaty of Frankfurt- May 1871
           • France ceeded Loraine and Alsace