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Wars of German Unification Essay On January 18, 1871, Otto Von Bismarck was able to create the German Empire by unifying a number of independent states under one nation. This was also known as the unification of Germany. However, it order to build the German nation, three wars had been fought; the Prusso-Danish War in 1864, the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 and Franco-Prussian War from 1870 up to 1871. Although these wars were declared by the opponents of Germany, Germans believed that need a united and strong nation.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   The Prusso-Danish War also known as the Second Schleswig War took place in 1864 in which Denmark fought against the Prussia and Austria. The war was fought in order to take control of the duchies by the time the Danish king died without a heir that is accepted by the confederation of Germany. It was because of the existence of conflicting political system within the state as well as ethnic controversy in Schleswig that brought this war. The second war that was fought by Germany is the Austro-Prussian War or the Seven Weeks War that was fought in 1866. The war was between the Austrian empire and Prussia together with Italy. German states were also part of the war taking different sides. Northern German states were unified as a result of the war. Bismarck was encouraged to go to war because of the advantages being enjoyed by the Prussian army over the Austrian empire and by that time, the Prussian army was developing, giving it the advantage in the war for it can provide the army with things that it needs to win. The Prussian king also decided to go on war although he was reluctant; it was William 1st who made the war possible. The third war of German unification was the Franco-Prussian War or the Franco-German War that took place on July 1870 up to May 1871 between Prussia and France and also signalled the rise of imperialism and of German military power. It can be said that it was Bismarck who is the reason for the declaration of the Franco-German War. It was â€Å"Ems dispatch†, the communication between Bismarck and King William, published by Bismarck that inflamed the French feeling and later declaring the war. The war was intended by Bismarck to unify the states of Southern Germany. These three wars had been fought in order to unify Germany and gave birth to the German Empire. Reference KMLA. (13, January 2008). Bismarck’s unification of Germany. Retrieved January 27, 2008   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   from http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/germany/bismarck.html.