On February 6, 1888 OTTO VON BISMARCK made a speech at the German parliament, where he stated the key factors to Germany been a potential target for invasion.
“When I say that we must strive continually to be ready for all emergencies, I advance the proposition that, on account of our geographical position, we must make greater efforts than other powers would be obliged to make in view of the same ends. We lie in the middle of Europe. We have at least three fronts on which we can be attacked. France has only an eastern boundary; Russia only its western, exposed to assault…So we are spurred forward on both sides to endeavors which perhaps we would not make otherwise.”
One of the major point that OTTO VON BISMARCK made was abot the Location of Germany in Europe, and how many borders they needed to protect.