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Otto von Bismarck: life of the week

Katja Hoyer discusses the remarkable life of the 'Iron Chancellor' who masterminded the unification of Germany

• Spencer Mizen

Published: May 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM

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Few 19th-century leaders have a CV quite like Otto von Bismarck's. This formidable statesman's cunning, charisma and eye for an opportunity helped him drive the unification of Germany and engineer a stunning defeat of France in 1871. Here, in conversation with Spencer Mizen, Katja Hoyer introduces a man whose rise would change the face of European geopolitics forever.

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Spencer MizenSenior production editor

Spencer is senior production editor of HistoryExtra magazine

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