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Bismarck Foreign Policy Analysis

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“For all their elegance, the foreign policies of Bismarck contained a fatal flaw: only Bismarck could make them work. Therefore, these policies are not worthy of praise.” Otto Von Bismarck was a militaristic and political genius. However, after Kaiser William II fired him, his policies and all that he had worked for fell through and failed. After the unification of Germany, Bismarck’s foreign policy was very isolationist towards overseas affairs. He knew Germany couldn’t be successful in another insulated war, so his after unification policies were committed to preserving the peace of Europe. He instead focused on domestic problems and sought diplomatic solutions to European affairs. Bismarck based his policies on three main ideas: overseas …show more content…

Despite France’s resentment towards Germany, Bismarck tried to bridge the divide between the two countries. He tried to calm French resentment by pursuing friendly relations and even supporting their colonial ambitions. However, Bismarck still recognized the threat that France posed and tried his best to keep them isolated from other European powers. In order to do this, Bismarck set up a series of complicated alliances that would save them from a two front war and successfully isolate …show more content…

Through cunning tactics and incentives, Bismarck had gained alliances with many countries. Bismarck’s alliance system was both genius and incredibly complicated, his main goal in the end was to prevent a war on both fronts and isolate France. Germany’s most valuable ally was Austria. However, to prevent a war on both fronts, he needed to gain Russian alliance or at least neutrality. In 1879, Bismarck created the Austro-German alliance. If either country was attacked by another nation, each promised to at least stay neutral and in some cases intervene on the behalf of their ally. The news of this alliance frightened the Russians enough that they approached Germany to create an alliance. The alliance between Germany, Austria, and Russia, also known as the Three Emperors’ League, subdued German fears about a Franco-Russian alliance. Bismarck had successfully isolated France and prevented a two front war, that as seen in World War I and World War II, would be their eventual

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