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On May 7, 1866, a young man by the name of Frederick Cohen-Blind managed to ambush Otto von Bismarck on a Berlin street, firing five shots before being detained. Upon examination, it was discovered that all five shots had either been glancing hits or had ricocheted off of Bismarck's ribcage.

So, what if one or more of the shots had been more lethal, and Bismarck had fallen unconscious and died soon afterwards? Was the unification of Germany inevitable at this point, or does the Unification fall apart without Bismarck? How does a disunited Germany impact the politics of Europe for the next half century?

Given that Cohen-Blind was Jewish, do we see the black beast of anti-Semitism rear its ugly head in an earlier parallel of the Dreyfus Affair? If so, do we see Zionism develop faster, and what other impacts will there be?
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