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Briefly trace the process of German unification?

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  • Nationalist feelings were strong in the hearts of middle-class Germans in the 1800s. They came together in 1848 to form a nation-state out of the various German states. However, the monarchy and the military banded together to repress them, and they were aided by Prussian landowners (the Junkers). Prussia quickly rose to the top of the German unification movement. Its Chief Minister Otto von Bismarck architected the process, with help from the Prussian army and bureaucracy. After seven years of wars with Austria, Denmark, and France, Prussia completed the unification process. In a ceremony held at Versailles in January 1871, Prussian King William I was proclaimed German Emperor.

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