German-Danish War

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Schleswig-Holstein after the Seven Weeks' War, 1866

Otto von Bismarck

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German-Danish War: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Prusso-Danish War • 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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Schleswig-Holstein after the Seven Weeks' War, 1866

Otto von Bismarck

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Otto von Bismarck

Otto von Bismarck

German chancellor and prime minister

Helmuth von Moltke, 1871

Helmuth von Moltke

German general [1800–1891]

Ditlev Gothard Monrad

Danish politician

Goeben, engraving by H. Weger, 1871

August Karl von Goeben

Prussian general

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

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