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Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck was born into an aristocratic family at Schönhausen, northwest of Berlin, on 1 April 1815
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His mother's death gave him the opportunity to assist his father in his job, who was having financial problems
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Otto von Bismarck got married to Johanna von Puttkamer in 1847.
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Otto brought together Germany during the widespread Revolutions
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Otto made a statement that would become notorious: “The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches and resolutions of majorities… but by blood and iron.”
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In 1870 Bismarck deliberately provoked the Franco-Prussian War and as a result was able to obtain Alsace and Lorraine from France. To counteract the danger of Russia and France joining forces against Germany, Chancellor Bismarck formed the Triple Alliance in 1879.
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Bismarck he introduced the world's first modern welfare scheme which provided sickness, accident and old age benefits
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After a dispute with Kaiser Wilhelm II, Bismarck resigned from office
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his last words expressed the wish that he would once again see Johanna who passed away years earlier
