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Bismark rapidly won wars against Denmark, Austria, and France, unifying fractured Germany into an empire. Then he surprised everyone for advocating for European peace for 20 years and staying out of all wars. Was Bismark the rare leader who understood what "enough" was? Why did he stop?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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