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Speech to the Frankfurt Assembly
Johann Gustav Droysen gave a speech to the Frankfurt Assembly to merge Prussia and Austria. -
Proclamation of 1849
King Wilhelm IV denies the offer of the crown because the assembly didn't have the right to bestow the crown to him. -
Letter to the Minister von Manteuffel
Otto von Bismarck states that Germany is too small for Prussia and Austria therefore a war is in their future. -
Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke's Speech
This speech was after Prussia won the war and it expresses how Moltke thought the win was decisive. -
Otto von Bismarck's Speech
Bismark annouces his plan to eventually unify Prussia and Austria. -
The Imperial Proclamation
German princes and the free cities called King Wilhem to assume the crown of Emperor with duties of protecting German loyalty, the rights of the Empire and its members, keeping peace, and protecting the independence of Germany.