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According to Wikipedia, Ferdinand Cohen-Blind (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Cohen-Blind) was a jewish-german student who made an attempt at assassinating Prussian Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck with the apparent intent of preventing a war between Austria and Prussia. He failed, as the bullets he fired either missed or ricocheted off Otto's ribs. He commited suicide shortly after the assassination attempt.
But what if he decided to aim a little higher, managing to hit Bismarck in the head and causing the death of a professional diplomat and important historical figure? How would the Austro-Prussian war or possibly the Franco-Prussian war play out differently, had they still happened? How would Germany's unification process differ from OTL, if it, too, happens? What would happen to german politics after the incident?
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