Second Schleswig War
1864 CE
Bismarck engineered a war over the Schleswig-Holstein question, with Prussia and Austria jointly defeating Denmark. The joint occupation of the duchies set the stage for the Austro-Prussian War two years later — exactly as Bismarck planned.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Prussia and Austria
- Denmark
Key moments
Defining events in the Second Schleswig War.
- 1864 Battle of Dybbøl
- 1864 Capture of Als island
- 1864 Treaty of Vienna
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Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Second Schleswig WarWilhelm Camphausen · Public domain
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922)User:Orwellianist · Public domain
- Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Flag of SwedenJon Harald Søby and others. · Public domain
- Danube DeltaEuropean Space Agency · Attribution
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