German Empire Proclaimed
January 18, 1871
In the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles - where Louis XIV had once received ambassadors - German princes proclaimed Wilhelm I of Prussia emperor of a unified German Reich. Bismarck stood at the foot of the dais in a white uniform. The French, besieged a few miles away, heard the cheering. A new, unbalanced Europe had arrived.
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