A lead up to this event was the so-called humiliation of Olmutz.
A lead up to this event was the so-called humiliation of Olmutz. Karl Blind was a leading figure in the push for this to occur. World War I was officially ended in the same location in which this event formally occurred. An earlier attempt to accomplish this by the Frankfurt parliament would have been a  Kleindeutsch solution, was thwarted by Frederick William IV. The final phase of this event began when the Ems dispatch was doctored by a certain chancellor and then sent to Napoleon III. Earlier, that same chancellor had provoked the Seven Weeks war with Austria over the territories of Schleswig and Holstein.  Using techniques like Realpolitik and the "Blood and Iron" speech, Otto Von Bismark managed to, FTP,  accomplish what event by 1871?
A lead up to this event was the so-called humiliation of Olmutz.
Unification of Germany