Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen was a major player in the unification of Germany. This Prussian junker, or aristocrat, was a Prussian nationalist and later a German nationalist. As Chief Minister to Wilhelm I of Prussia, he devised and executed a "klein-deutsch" (excluding Austria) plan to unify Germany. It was Bismarck's goal to unite the German states in a strong, single German empire with Prussia at its center. To do this, Bismarck would need to support of a powerful Prussian army. Upon request from Bismarck and King Wilhelm I, money was denied from the Prussian legislature for military expenditures. Though, at first, Bismarck's policies were not well received by Parliament, public opinion began to favor his side in 1864. Bismarc....

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