Blood and Iron (speech) iron chancellor." Blood and Iron (speech) Blood and Iron (German: "Blut und Eisen") is the name given to a speech made by Otto von Bismarck given on 30 September 1862, at the time when he was Minister President of Prussia, about the unification of the German territories. It is also a transposed phrase that Bismarck uttered near the end of the speech that has become one of his most widely known quotations. In September 1862, when the Prussian House of Representatives was refusing to approve an increase in military spending desired by King Wilhelm I, the monarch appointed Bismarck Minister
EV13 The Iron Curtain Trail in the central section, such as most of the German part and along the Czech border. When complete, the Iron Curtain Trail will run for from the Barents Sea down to the Black Sea. The Iron Curtain Trail, which is closely related to the European Green Belt project, is being managed as three projects: 20 nations are part of the Iron Curtain Trail project, among them are 14 members of the European Union. The ICT was lobbied for by the efforts of German Green Party politician Michael Cramer MEP. Trails have been created and made better suited to cycling with