You forgot to say please, Bismarck

The three wars to unite Germany were the **Second Schleswig War** (1864), the **Austro-Prussian War** (1866), and the **Franco-Prussian War** (1870–1871). Orchestrated by Prussia’s [Otto von Bismarck](https://www.google.com/search?q=Otto+von+Bismarck&sca_esv=940aa337a8577638&source=hp&ei=bUQvaaKtCeaVxc8PqfyuyAE&iflsig=AOw8s4IAAAAAaS9SfbgGDDkguHxMDagIWSCGgDBRrqeW&ved=2ahUKEwi257T015-RAxVXSvEDHdFmOwoQgK4QegQIARAE&uact=5&oq=three+wars+to+unite+germany&gs_lp=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_CBwYxLjIzLjXIBzU&sclient=gws-wiz&mstk=AUtExfBvWdu7Pa57TvIO8aCmu6iL9YX6W_Z_zRU33y9_pWqa9C7gJTvL0qPGM2t85n8N81x88HDhU3Sq9LKucJ_cGa8B7yRVP3LfMA_jJOgRLISCkDNCQ2UGNnlf75vk8wgISFdvbA10g3rUPxjMPCx6uI5zrKwNd9VA-f4ElxM7PWdEZbk&csui=3), these conflicts strategically removed Austrian influence, established Prussian dominance over German states, and ultimately culminated in the proclamation of the German Empire.