i really need a quick rundown on bismarck
what was his endgame?
>>2535590
Destroy Europe, duh
USA of the east with friendly English centricity
-navy memes
-eventual eradication of the attaturk
>>2535590
>achieve Prussian control of the German minors
Check
>create an international political order that cements Germany's position in Europe
Check
>undermine socialism by introducing pensions and healthcare
Check
>make Germany rich through industrialisation and massive exports
Check
>become world diplomat and help big powers negotiate all the important stuff (like dividing the Balkans)
Check
>continue to stay out of wars by not overexpanding the navy and staying out of the colonial race
Fail, because the third Kaiser was an autistic manchild with a crippled hand
>>2535590
TO UNITE THE GERMAN PEOPLES UNDER ONE FLAG
ITT: People who seem to think Bismarck was around during WWI
>>2535653
His endgame was obviously the continued existence of Germany as a Prussian dominated empire.
The Kaiser fucked up when he fired Bisamrck and went onto his own autismo rampage
>>2535625
>Stay friendly with Russia
Fail, for pretty much the same reasons
>>2535625
>third Kaiser was an autistic manchild with a crippled hand
kek
>>2535653
He predicted the Kaiser was gonna fuck it up tho.
>>2535590
>what was his endgame?
To crush his enemies and see them driven before him. Fortunately good boy Willy stopped him before he could crush the workers, so he only really had time to crush the French, the Austrians, the Danish, the Polacks and I'm probably forgetting someone.
>>2535625
>staying out of the colonial race
I hate this meme. Germany entered the colonial race under Bismarck's leadership. He changed his mind on the matter.
>>2536710
It IS true though