The Process of Unification of Germany is as follows :
i. By 1848, the popular effort of political associations failed in installing a constitutional monarchy in Germany.
ii. The Failure of the Frankfurt Parliament made it clear that German unification had to come through the combined effort of monarchy and army supported by large landowners.
iii. From then on, Prussia took on the leadership in the unification of Germany The architect of the process was the Chief Minister of Prussia, Otto von Bismarck. He took the help of bureaucracy and the military.
iv. He fought three wars in seven years with Austria, Denmark, and France which ended in Prussian victory and completed the process of German unification.
v. The Prussian King William-1 was proclaimed German Emperor in January 1871.