Otto von Bismarck

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Otto von Bismarck in military uniform and cap, with a mustache, facing slightly to the side in a black-and-white portrait taken around 1880.

Map showing Schleswig-Holstein and surrounding regions after the Seven Weeks' War in 1866. Schleswig and Holstein are highlighted, with boundaries from 1866 marked, and neighboring areas labeled as Prussia, Denmark, and other German states. Current international boundaries and major cities such as Kiel, Lubeck, and Hamburg are indicated.

Franco-German War

Map showing the German Empire as it existed from 1871 to 1918, with its borders outlined and regions color-coded. The map highlights the Kingdom of Prussia in green and the full extent of the German Empire in yellow, including regions such as Bavaria, Saxony, Westphalia, and East Prussia. Neighboring countries like France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria-Hungary, and the Russian Empire are also labeled. Major cities such as Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg are marked.

Political cartoon "Dropping the Pilot" by Sir John Tenniel shows Otto von Bismarck descending a ship's ladder while Kaiser Wilhelm II looks on from above.

Portrait of Otto von Bismarck by Franz von Lenbach shows Bismarck seated, wearing a white military uniform with a yellow sash and medals, painted against a dark background.

Otto von Bismarck

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Otto von Bismarck in military uniform and cap, with a mustache, facing slightly to the side in a black-and-white portrait taken around 1880.

Otto, prince von Bismarck summary

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German chancellor and prime minister

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Otto von Bismarck in military uniform and cap, with a mustache, facing slightly to the side in a black-and-white portrait taken around 1880.

Otto von Bismarck

Otto von Bismarck.

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Map showing Schleswig-Holstein and surrounding regions after the Seven Weeks' War in 1866. Schleswig and Holstein are highlighted, with boundaries from 1866 marked, and neighboring areas labeled as Prussia, Denmark, and other German states. Current international boundaries and major cities such as Kiel, Lubeck, and Hamburg are indicated.

Schleswig-Holstein after the Seven Weeks' War, 1866

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Franco-German War

Franco-German War

Otto von Bismarck (right) meeting with Napoleon III after the latter's capture in...

From A History of France, by H.E. Marshall, 1912

Map showing the German Empire as it existed from 1871 to 1918, with its borders outlined and regions color-coded. The map highlights the Kingdom of Prussia in green and the full extent of the German Empire in yellow, including regions such as Bavaria, Saxony, Westphalia, and East Prussia. Neighboring countries like France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria-Hungary, and the Russian Empire are also labeled. Major cities such as Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg are marked.

German Empire

The German Empire, 1871–1918.

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Political cartoon "Dropping the Pilot" by Sir John Tenniel shows Otto von Bismarck descending a ship's ladder while Kaiser Wilhelm II looks on from above.

Otto von Bismarck and William II

“Dropping the Pilot,” cartoon by Sir John Tenniel commenting on the forced resignation...

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Portrait of Otto von Bismarck by Franz von Lenbach shows Bismarck seated, wearing a white military uniform with a yellow sash and medals, painted against a dark background.

Otto von Bismarck

Portrait of Otto von Bismarck by Franz von Lenbach, 1890.

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, Acquired by Henry Walters, 1917, 37.1007

Otto von Bismarck

Otto von Bismarck

Otto von Bismarck, 1880.

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