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mar 18, 1890 - Resignation of Bismarck

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Bismarck, Kaiser Wilhelm II, other German politicians.

Biz wanted peace not war; Kaiser dismissed Biz/reversed Biz’s policies; Biz’s motive was fear not conquest, but New G saw own strength w/o looking at dangers; Biz peace policy not popular among contemporary G and replaced by Wilhelm’s Weltpolitik; Lothar Gall saw Biz’s policy as sys of stopgaps - no long-term solution, only responses to crises; succeeded by Caprivi.

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mar 18, 1890
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~ 135 years ago