Otto von Bismarck
Noun
Meaning
German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898)
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Examples
In 1889, German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck introduced the concept of mandatory retirement at the age of 65. It was a novel idea that solved the growing youth unemployment problem, so the idea caught on in Germany and across the Western world.
Believing that Britain was soon about to declare the whole area a protectorate, Lüderitz advised the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck to claim it.
Germany’s Otto von Bismarck saw the alliance as a way to prevent the isolation of Germany and to preserve peace, as Russia would not wage war against both empires.
Herwig p.35 German foreign policy as espoused by Otto von Bismarck had been to deflect the interest of great powers abroad while Germany consolidated her integration and military strength.
From 1870, Otto von Bismarck engineered a German hegemony of Europe that put France in a critical situation.
His most significant accomplishment was naming Otto von Bismarck as chancellor in 1862.