Summary: When the Great Eastern Crisis began in 1875, Germany was in international isolation. But the new developments in the Balkans would help her to quickly get out of this situation. This article examines the situation in the Union of the Three Emperors and the actions of chancellor Bismarck before and at the onset of the crisis. For him, German interests demanded that, as before, the country should not participate in any way in events in the European southeast, and that the initiative for action should be left entirely to the Reich’s allies. German diplomacy had no part either in the preparation or in the beginning of the events in the Balkans, but this did not mean that Berlin would not take advantage of what was happening.
Keywords: Otto von Bismarck, Great Eastern Crisis, Balkans, Austria-Hungary, Gyula Andrassy, Herzegovina uprising
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