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Second Schleswig War
Part of the Unification of Germany
Top: Battle of Dybbøl, 7–18 April Bottom: Battle of Als, 29 June
Date
1 February – 30 October 1864 (8 months and 29 days)
Location
Schleswig and Jutland Pre-war actions in Holstein and Lauenburg
Result
Austro-Prussian victory
Territorial changes
Denmark loses Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg to Prussia and Austria
Belligerents
Kingdom of Prussia Austrian Empire
Kingdom of Denmark
Commanders and leaders
Wilhelm I
Otto von Bismarck
Helmuth von Moltke
Albrecht von Roon
Friedrich Graf von Wrangel
Friedrich Karl of Prussia
Franz Joseph I
Wilhelm von Tegetthoff
Christian IX
Ditlev Gothard Monrad
Christian Albrecht Bluhme
Christian Julius de Meza
Georg Gerlach
Max Müller
Strength
At the outbreak of war:
61,000 soldiers
158 guns
Later reinforcements:
20,000 soldiers
64 guns[1]
38,000 100+ guns[1]
Casualties and losses
1,275 dead[2]
2,393 wounded[2]
165 missing[2]
Total: 3,833 killed, wounded or missing
2,933 dead[2]
3,159 wounded[2]
7,000 captured
Total: 13,093 killed, wounded or captured
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Sankelmark
Vejle
Jasmund
Dybbøl
Fredericia
Heligoland
Als
Lundby
North Frisian Islands
The Second Schleswig War (Danish: Krigen i 1864; German: Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg) also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War was the second military conflict over the Schleswig-Holstein Question of the nineteenth century. The war began on 1 February 1864, when Prussian and Austrian forces crossed the border into the Danish fief Schleswig.[a] Denmark fought the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire.
Like the First Schleswig War (1848–1852), it was fought for control of the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Succession disputes concerning the duchies arose when the Danish king died without an heir acceptable to the German Confederation. The war started after the passing of the November Constitution of 1863, which tied Duchy of Schleswig more closely to the Danish kingdom, which was viewed by the German side as a violation of the London Protocol.
The war ended on 30 October 1864, with the Treaty of Vienna and Denmark's cession of the Duchies of Schleswig (except for the island of Ærø, which remained Danish), Holstein and Saxe-Lauenburg to Prussia and Austria.
^ ab[1] Archived 12 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ abcdeClodfelter 2017, p. 182.
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