Otto von Bismarck. Unification of Germany by iron and blood

In 1862, the post of Minister President Prussia took little to the then famous politician Otto von Bismarck. Parliament refused him in trust, the public has led him to the Cabinet year of existence. As a result, "Iron Chancellor" managed Prussia, and then the German Empire for twenty-eight years!
The Bismarck has made its credo: "Germany lays hope not to the liberalism of Prussia, but on its power ... The great issues of the epoch are decided not to speeches and not by the rulings of the majority, ... and iron and blood" - and, guided by these words, resolutely took For the solution of the problem, which has long been forced the German hearts to beat into unison, for the union of Germany.
The triumph of the proclamation of the German Empire took place on January 18, 1871, Bismarck honored as a national hero. The elimination of fragmentation remained from the Middle Ages opened the invaded country