In the build up to war, the southern confederate German states voluntarily joined the Prussian-controlled Northern German Confederation. Germany was now unified. The Franco-Prussian war was ended ...

Amid calls by German politicians for thousands of Syrian migrants to return to their homeland after the fall of dictator ...

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Germany's leading three sports organizations have called for the appointment of a sports minister in the new goverment after ...

He reorganised the ‘German’ lands to 39 larger states. He also established the Confederation of the Rhine, which brought further unification to the most influential German states. The German ...