Germany Today's Germany is a leading European country known for strong economy, highly developed technologies, high standards of life and other features of modern prosperous state. Today's Germany is a result of numerous bloody wars which were waged to unite German lands and create a new state in the center of Europe - strong and independent Deutschland, which would be treated by France and Britain as an equal. German impact on European and on world history was invaluable since Germany was and still remains to be one of the most progressive states. After overcoming tragedies caused by political and historical issues, Germany reached the top of progress and set an example for other European countries.

Speaking about Germany, we should take into consideration that historically it was not a centralized state; it was partitioned into small lands (states) which didn't seek for consolidation and unity as the ideology of unity contradicted the individual interests of their rulers. There were only two real leaders among all German lands: Prussia and Austria. There is no doubt that such disintegrated country would never be successful either in state management or in foreign affairs. So, there was real need for unification, but historically it could not be realized until the 19th century, as the nation was not ready for it. Germans had to become a nation with national idea and sense of identity, they had to have a leader who would unite the country and would have universal respect. It became possible only in the second half of the nineteenth century. Otto von...

According to M. Fulbrook "The 'unification' of Germany was a revolution, imposed from above" (www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Mary%20Fulbrook/103-3" Fulbrook 147). France and Britain were forced to respect the new state which was not satisfied with existing world order and with colonial system overseas.
While France and to a higher extent Britain had vast colonial possessions worldwide, Germany had none and at the same time was producing too many goods for local consumption. This lack of external markets and inefficiency of local, accounted for Germany's hindering economy and industry.

World War I was a logical result of German colonial ambitions, "rebellion" of European superpower which would never submit to French or British dominance. Unfortunately French and British authorities didn't realize "German threat" in time and did nearly nothing to avoid the conflict with a new superpower and equal enemy. Germany was not guilty in its aggressive ambitions - in fact it was forced to fight for place in Europe. Sure, Germany could not be treated as a victim of French or British policy but it is worth mentioning that France didn't seek cooperation with Germany as it wanted to preserve leading positions on…