Ah, not the first unification that springs to mind. I wasn't aware of that, and reading a bit about it and the timeline - you may be very well right. Certain

Ah, not the first unification that springs to mind. I wasn't aware of that, and reading a bit about it and the timeline - you may be very well right. Certainly it interesting to look at how historical events panned out with hindsight and cause and effect. Whole aspect of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Revolution_of_1918%E2%80%931919 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Revolution_of_1918%E2%8... takes some getting your head around.