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Why did Helmuth von Moltke receive his early military education in Copenhagen?

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Helmuth von Moltke Helmuth von Moltke, 1871

Helmuth von Moltke received his early military education in Copenhagen because his father, who had emigrated to Holstein in 1805, took Danish nationality. Consequently, the young Moltke completed his education with the Royal Cadet Corps in the Danish capital and initially served in a Danish infantry regiment before later transferring to the Prussian Army.1