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Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire Author:James Wycliffe Headlam Otto Eduard Leopold Von Bismarck was born at the manor-house of Schoenhausen in the Mark of Brandenburg on April 1 1815. Just a month before Napoleon had escaped from Elba; and as the child lay in his cradle the peasants of the village who but half a year ago had returned from the great campaign in France were once more called to arms.