"Unification of Germany by Bismarck, was not planned, it was improvised." - Discuss. When Otto von Bismarck became Minister-President of Prussia in 1862, German nationalism was already more than 40 years old. First apparent in the opposition to Napoleon's occupation of the German states, national feeling grew into a movement after 1815. This feeling was encouraged by a growth of interest in German literature and music and by increased economic cooperation between the north German states. By 1848 it …showed first 75 words of 1080 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1080 total…another. With the vast array of material and sources regarding Bismarck it is difficult to find a clear cut view saying either that he did plan or improvise, as the two coincide continuously. Words: 1,043 Bibliography -The Unification of Germany 1815-90 by Andrina Stiles -Bismarck and Germany 1862-1890 by D.G. Williamson -Bismarck The Man and the Statesman by A.J.P. Taylor -Years of Nationalism European History 1815-1890 by Leonard W. Cowie and Robert Wolfson