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The 51 pages that link to Otto von Bismarck, each with the reason it gives.

• German EmpireRelated: As first chancellor, he shaped the empire’s government and domestic policy.

• German ConfederationRelated: Bismarck’s policies brought the Confederation to an end and prepared a Prussian-led successor.

• Kingdom of PrussiaRelated: He used Prussian diplomacy and warfare to unify most German states under Prussian leadership.

• Berlin ConferenceRelated: He convened the conference while seeking to manage European competition.

• Franco-Prussian WarRelated: Bismarck used the diplomatic crisis to strengthen Prussia’s position and bring southern German states into the war.

• German unificationRelated: His diplomacy and calculated wars advanced unification under Prussian leadership.

• Austro-Prussian WarRelated: He pursued a limited war to remove Austria from German affairs and strengthen Prussia.

• German New GuineaRelated: Bismarck’s government established German protection over the territory in 1884.

• Congress of BerlinRelated: As host and chair, he sought to mediate among the competing great powers.

• Eastern QuestionRelated: He brokered a revision of the Balkan settlement to reduce the risk of conflict among European powers.

• German colonial empireRelated: Bismarck initially resisted formal colonialism, then sponsored acquisitions from 1884.

• Helmuth von Moltke the ElderRelated: Moltke’s military victories served Bismarck’s political strategy, though their priorities sometimes differed.

• Social insuranceRelated: His government established early national sickness, accident, and old-age insurance programs.

• Wilhelm IIRelated: Wilhelm dismissed Bismarck in 1890, ending their conflict over government and foreign policy.

• Treaty of BerlinRelated: He chaired the negotiations and presented Germany as an impartial broker.

• GermanyRelated: His policies and wars shaped the 1871 state that preceded modern Germany.

• German QuestionRelated: His wars and diplomacy achieved unification without Austria.

• Second Schleswig WarRelated: He used cooperation with Austria to isolate Denmark and secure Prussian influence.

• North German ConfederationRelated: As Prussian minister-president and Confederation chancellor, he shaped its creation and government.

• Battle of KöniggrätzRelated: His policies brought Prussia into conflict with Austria over German leadership.

• German South West AfricaRelated: He placed German territory in southwestern Africa under imperial protection in 1884.

• Prussian General StaffRelated: Bismarck’s political aims set the framework for wars planned and conducted with the staff.

• Alsace-LorraineRelated: He led the German government that secured the territorial annexation.

• August BebelRelated: His government outlawed socialist organizations while Bebel remained a prominent opposition leader.

• Franco-Russian AllianceRelated: His dismissal and the end of his balancing policy altered Russia's diplomatic options.

• KulturkampfRelated: Bismarck drove the campaign, fearing Catholic political loyalty could compete with the new state.

• Bismarck ArchipelagoRelated: The archipelago’s name reflects Germany’s colonial-era naming after the chancellor.

• Albrecht von RoonRelated: As minister-president, he defended Roon’s army reforms against the Prussian parliament.

• Anti-Socialist LawsRelated: Bismarck sponsored the crackdown and presented it as a defense of the state.

• Karl PolanyiRelated: His reforms exemplify state-led social protection amid industrial capitalism.

• Ludwig II of BavariaRelated: Bismarck negotiated Bavaria’s entry into the German Empire while Ludwig remained king.

• RealpolitikRelated: His flexible diplomacy and use of force became prominent examples associated with Realpolitik.

• Battle of SedanRelated: He met Napoleon III after the surrender and used the victory to advance German unification.

• Schleswig-Holstein QuestionRelated: He used the duchies dispute to advance Prussian power and isolate Austria.

• Ferdinand LassalleRelated: Lassalle held political conversations with Bismarck, seeking concessions that could advance workers’ interests.

• Frederick William IVRelated: Bismarck’s later strategy achieved unification by means Frederick William had rejected.

• History of AustriaRelated: His strategy made Austria’s 1866 defeat decisive for its place in Central Europe.

• Louis-Jules TrochuRelated: His government’s war against France created the crisis Trochu had to manage.

• Maximilian HardenRelated: Harden later published writings by Bismarck that challenged the official account of his dismissal.

• Heinrich von TreitschkeRelated: Treitschke supported Bismarck’s Prussian-led unification project.

• Leonhard Graf von BlumenthalRelated: Bismarck’s political program gave the wars in which Blumenthal served their unifying purpose.

• Nicholas Miklouho-MaclayRelated: Miklouho-Maclay appealed to Bismarck against German annexation of parts of New Guinea.

• Public health in GermanyRelated: His insurance laws helped shape the system that still influences German health policy.

• Rise of nationalism in EuropeRelated: He harnessed nationalism to Prussian monarchy and military power.

• William IRelated: William appointed him minister president in 1862 and later made him imperial chancellor.