Category Archives: Technique age

Otto von Bismarck was one of the most important figures in German history. He was not only a skilled diplomat and used his intelligence partly unscrupulously for his purposes, he was also one of the pioneers for the unification of Germany to a united German Empire. As the first chancellor of the German empire, Bismarck...

During his life Wilhelm I went through some of the most important phases of German history and rose from King Prussia, through the President of the North German Confederation to the first emperor of the united German empire. (more…)...

Napoleon III. led France as French President for 4 years until in 1851 he introduced an authoritarian empire with a coup d'état and appointed himself Emperor of the 2nd French Empire. Only in the Franco-Prussian War and its capture ended his rule and thus the monarchy in France.

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Helmuth Karl Bernhard Count von Moltke was a professional soldier and served in the Danish and Prussian army. Through his development of contract tactics, he not only reformed the Prussian military but also set the foundation stones that are still in use in today's armed forces. Mehr lesen