On January 18, 1871 Germany was unified with Wilhelm I as its first kaiser & this man as its chancellor
... First of all, it won him useful popular support among the 
Germans since he ... Bismarck also unified the north German states into a 
confederation under... [DOC] [TLE] Historical Flags of Our Ancestors - Flags of Germany 2 [PAR] Prussian Flags After 1900 | Imperial Germany Era Flags | German Colonial Flags 
... "The Iron Chancellor" and along with Wilhelm established their famous policy 
of ... Wilhelm was proclaimed "German Emperor" on January 18, 1871, in the Hall 
of ...