Second Schleswig War information

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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 Treaty of Vienna Territorial changes Denmark surrenders control over 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

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 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, due to the succession disputes concerning them 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 integrated the Duchy of Schleswig into the Danish kingdom in 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.

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