Unification of Germany was made possible largely by Bismarck, as there were other factors prior to his policies that had able Germany to be unified as one. Firstly, the Crimean War has caused the collapsing of the Congress of Vienna, which in turn resulted, to having 'freed' individual small German states to be on their own. This factor created a window of opportunity to Prussia and Bismarck as the small states could be easily brought …showed first 75 words of 487 total…

…showed last 75 words of 487 total…William Carr> In a nutshell, German unification was caused by factors that were intricately woven with each other. Thus, without anyone of the factors, the unification would not have turned out as it was. The prior factors that solidified the German states was an advantage that Bismarck had used for Prussia; however, without Bismarck's intelligence to convince Napoleon, King Willaim I and the Austrian powers, the unification would have turned out differently as well.