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30 October 2014

The Second Schleswig War

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The Eighth Brigade Counterattacking at Dybbøl, April 18, 1864 (1894) by Vilhelm Rosenstand. The painting is housed at Frederiksborg Castle.

Denmark got into a couple of wars with Prussia over the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein in the 19th Century. The Danes took the first round in 1849, but lost decisively in 1864. Swedish neutrality in the second war is one of the reasons why the Danes still hate the Swedes. To mark the 150th anniversary of the war, Danish television has produced this historical epic.

Posted at 01:24 AM in 1864, Danish Things, Museums, Television |

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