Real Time History

Season 2021, Episode 5

Episode Title: The German Wars of Unification - Bismarck's Rise I GLORY & DEFEAT

Air Date: 2021-07-19

Overview:

After the failed revolution of 1848, the German states within the German confederation were still moving towards unification. This movement would come from the citizens this time though but from the top. Prussia's chancellor Otto von Bismarck was using clever and aggressive diplomacy to outmaneuver his biggest German rival: Austria.