Prussia rose at the beginning of18th century. According to 18 15 Vienna Conference, the German Confederation was founded. 1848, revolutions broke out all over Germany. Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck led a hard military and diplomatic struggle. Prussia defeated Austria in the "Seven-Week War" of 1866, and the North German Federation was established the following year. Germany completed the unification with Prussia as the main body.

World War

19 14 provoked World War I, and 19 18 collapsed because of defeat. 1919 In February, Germany established the Weimar Republic. 1933 Hitler came to power to implement dictatorship. 1939 Germany launched World War II. Under the attack of allied forces, Germany was defeated and surrendered on May 8, 1945.

The Germans invaded Poland on September 1939, and then cooperated with the Soviets to quickly occupy the whole territory of Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany and World War II began. With the progress of the war, Germany and its allies quickly took control of the European continent and North Africa, but the plan to force Britain to surrender or cease fire failed. 1941On June 22nd, Germany violated the Soviet-German non-aggression treaty and invaded the Soviet Union. Japan launched Pearl Harbor, which made Germany declare war on the United States. June 28th1942-65438+September 3rd 0942-1February 9th, 943 Germany's blue operation was defeated and retreated from the eastern front. Germany's ally Italy surrendered in September 1943, forcing Germany to defend the Italian front. After the battle of Normandy, the western front battlefield was added, and the allies further entered Germany. 1945 Battle of Berlin 16 From April to April 30/May 2, the Red Army started on April 25, and on April 30, the Red Army completely occupied Berlin. Hitler committed suicide that afternoon. At that time, the commander of the Berlin city defense zone intended to make a conditional surrender to the Soviet commander who attacked Berlin, but he failed because the Soviet commander who attacked Berlin refused to surrender. Finally, after several negotiations and struggles, it was May 2.

The unification of Germany

1 9 8 9 drastic changes in eastern Europe, including the collapse of the * * * regime in East Germany; With the consent of the top four, East Germany and West Germany finally achieved reunification in 1990.

14 From February 13 to 14, East German Chancellor Moderow visited the Federal Republic of Germany for the first time. On March 6, 2008, the East German People's Assembly held free elections. After Demezieres Reiss became Prime Minister, the pace of reunification between Germany and Germany was greatly accelerated. 1990 in may 18, Germany and Germany signed a national treaty on establishing monetary, economic and social union in Bonn. 3 1 In August 1990, the two sides signed the German unification treaty in Berlin. 1On September 24th, 990, the East German National People's Army officially withdrew from the Warsaw Pact. 1990 10 3 The German Democratic Republic officially joined the Federal Republic of Germany. The constitution, Wolesi Jirga and government of GDR were automatically abolished, and the original 14 regions were changed to five states to adapt to the organizational system of the Federal Republic of Germany, and then merged into the Federal Republic of Germany, thus reuniting the two Germans that had been divided for more than 40 years.