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The Ems Dispatch: Bismarck's Telegram That Started a War
In July 1870, Otto von Bismarck took a polite diplomatic telegram from King Wilhelm I and edited it into a provocation that sparked the Franco-Prussian War. This episode unpacks the Ems Dispatch — the actual text, the deliberate editing, and the furious reaction in Paris that led to Napoleon III declaring war. We look at the Hohenzollern candidacy, the talks at Bad Ems, and how Bismarck's press-savvy manipulation changed Germany's future. No battle scenes, just the diplomatic chess game that made German unification possible.
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