WI: More expansionist von Bismarck

Historically, Bismarck was conservative in war demands - he did not demand territory from Austria in lieu of getting reparations, and he did not want to demand territory from France either (but was forced into taking Alsace-Lorraine by the nationalists).

What if Bismarck leaned the other way, and actively pushed for the annexation of Austrian Silesia, Bohemia and the entirety of Lorraine?

How might this have altered the progression of the wars, and the development of Prussia, Germany, and Europe? I suspect that Germany/Prussia would have a lot more enemies and people would be very worried about the balance of power.
 
If Bismark was more expansionist he'd be more expansionist of Prussia, not Germany. I wouldn't be surprised if he would try to integrate duchies into Prussia instead of the confederation we saw OTL
 
Yeah but that would cause problem in the long term germany will have few ally because of its expansionist policy.
 
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