Quote Originally Posted by King Dylan View Post
Bismarck could have crushed him even if he didn't chnge the policy. Bismarck had n army capable of alot of damage. England got very concerned.

What I mean is the fragmenting and keeping apart of the various German states had been a major French foreign policy goal since Richelieu. For the very good reason that as soon as Germany would consolidate itself into a country, France would lose it's preponderance on the European continent. That was clear to so many people it became a truism. Except for Napoleon III.