The video on the left is about the magnitude 9.1 earthquake and tsunami near Indonesia, called the Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake, in the Indian Ocean on D ecember 26, 2004 that killed over 200,000 people.
Industry had been growing rapidly before unity, but from 1871 to 1914 German industries were jumping by leaps and bounds. Prior to WWI, Germany was out producing steel production of the entire British Empire, previously the largest steel producing nation.owever, if the German Empire had continued, it would probably have surpassed Britain and almost matched that of the US. Stay at the Top. From 1871 to 1914, Germany's population rose by a third to 65 million.
Germany, England, France, Russia and the Austrian Empire were the major. powers in Europe. Germany, in particular, once united, had the resources and population to become the greatest European power. Because of its unification under Prussian leadership, German policy reflected the predominant Prussian influence. minority faction in France agitated to regain Alsace-Lorraine from Germany, but the French were always outpaced by German power and this was not a realistic hope until after World War I. The main pre-occupation of French foreign policy was the potential threat of Germany.