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January 18 is the day Germany was declared an empire.
In 1870, the Franco-Prussian war (1870-1871) began.
Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and Wilhelm I hoped to destroy the power of France and divide Germany as a result of the war.
🔹The French emperor Napoleon III wanted to prevent the unification of Germany and preserve the rule of France in Europe.
🔹The soldiers of the North German Union achieved a complete victory.
After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, Germany was unified on the basis of Prussian militarism.
🔹On January 1871, 18, the German princes proclaimed Prussian king Wilhelm I as the German emperor in Versailles.