Couldnt find any similar threads in the archives so I was curious of the following......
Bismarck is a significant factor (or is he) in the unification of Germany, however, boiling other events into factors of Economic, External (European balance of power) factors and internal Nationalist feeling within Germany, is Bismarck really the most significant of these four potential factors.
Does anyone have any views (Personally I think its the economic factors, Zollverien, railways, Prussian economic ascendency)
and if there is no Bismarck-how long does it take Germany to become unified if at all?
Bismarck is a significant factor (or is he) in the unification of Germany, however, boiling other events into factors of Economic, External (European balance of power) factors and internal Nationalist feeling within Germany, is Bismarck really the most significant of these four potential factors.
Does anyone have any views (Personally I think its the economic factors, Zollverien, railways, Prussian economic ascendency)
and if there is no Bismarck-how long does it take Germany to become unified if at all?