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In 1870, Gladstone was Prime Minister and kept Britain firmly isolationist. He had a policy of not intervening, such as in Sudan etc. And when Prussia declared war on France, Gladstone didn't intervene as he believed in self-determinisation for the German people, as the Italian, and was all for German unification. However, what if Disraeli was prime minister in this period, who urged Gladstone to intervene and Britain aided the French so as to preserve the balance of power in Europe? What would the ramifications have been? would germany still have unified? would we see a first world war with France as world enemy number one?
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