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BISMARCK (2)
BISMARCK (2)
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Otto
von
Bismarck
(1815 - 1898),
German
political
leader
. After a
war
with
France
had brought many small
German
states
together as
allies
against
France
,
Bismarck
persuaded them to unite in a
single
German empire
under a
kaiser
, with
Bismarck
as first
chancellor
(
chief
of
government
) from 1871 to 1890.
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