German-Danish War: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Danish War • Prusso-Danish War • Second Schleswig War
Location	Holstein • Jutland • Schleswig
Participants	Denmark • German Confederation
Context	Eider Program • Revolutions of 1848 • January Insurrection • Schleswig-Holstein question

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Map showing Schleswig-Holstein and surrounding regions after the Seven Weeks' War in 1866. Schleswig and Holstein are highlighted, with boundaries from 1866 marked, and neighboring areas labeled as Prussia, Denmark, and other German states. Current international boundaries and major cities such as Kiel, Lubeck, and Hamburg are indicated.

Otto von Bismarck in military uniform and cap, with a mustache, facing slightly to the side in a black-and-white portrait taken around 1880.

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Otto von Bismarck in military uniform and cap, with a mustache, facing slightly to the side in a black-and-white portrait taken around 1880.

Otto von Bismarck

German chancellor and prime minister

Helmuth von Moltke, 1871

Helmuth von Moltke

German general [1800–1891]

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Ditlev Gothard Monrad

Danish politician

Goeben, engraving by H. Weger, 1871

August Karl von Goeben

Prussian general

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Leonhard, count von Blumenthal

Prussian officer

Carl Christian Hall, detail of an oil painting by J.V. Gertner, 1864; in Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark

Carl Christian Hall

Danish politician

D-Day. American soldiers fire rifles, throw grenades and wade ashore on Omaha Beach next to a German bunker during D Day landing. 1 of 5 Allied beachheads est. in Normandy, France. The Normandy Invasion of World War II launched June 6, 1944.

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Civil War era cannon overlooks Kennesaw Mountain National Battle. (military, artillery, American history)

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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)

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