Bismarck himself resisted the adhesion of Baden to the North German Confederation: he had no wish to give Napoleon III of France so good an excuse for intervention; but the opposition of Baden to the formation of a South German confederation made the ultimate union inevitable.
Bismarck himself resisted the adhesion of Baden to the North German Confederation. He had no wish to give Napoleon III of France so good an excuse for intervention. The opposition of Baden to the formation of a South German confederation made the ultimate union inevitable.