This book chronicles the final conflict over the now almost forgotten "Schleswig-Holstein Question", once a pivotal issue for the great powers of Europe. The campaign of Schleswig and Jutland was also the first of Otto von Bismarck's Wars of German Unification, which together created a united German Empire under Prussian leadership.The detailed story of this, the last of the "Cabinet Wars", is told here for the first time in English, compiled from numerous published and unpublished sources, including many contemporary and first hand accounts, as well as official reports. This is an invaluable resource for any student of the mid 19th Century.Key topics include: the historical background to the conflict, the political crisis of 1863, the intervention of the "German Parliament" and the build-up to war Full descriptions are provided of all military and naval forces involved.The book includes comprehensive orders of battle for the various stages of the war, informative maps, many adapted from early sources, numerous illustrations and photographs.
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19th Century HistoryIndex
HistoryTable of contents
- List of illustrations
- List of maps & plans
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- A note on place names
- 1. The Long Road to War
- 2. Opposing Forces & Plans
- 3. The Danewerke
- 4 Retreat from the Danewerke
- 5. Operations at Dybbøl to February 23rd
- 6. To the Jutland Frontier & Minor Operations
- 7. The Invasion of Jutland
- 8. The Investment of the Dybbøl Position
- 9.The Siege of Dybbøl
- 10. The Storm of the Dybbøl Position
- 11. Naval Operations February-May
- 12. After Dybbøl: The London Conference and First Armistice
- 13. The Conquest of Als
- 14. The End of the War: From the Fall of Als to the Second Armistice
- 15. Aftermath
- Appendices
- I. Selective Glossary of Place/Feature Names
- II. Glossary of Terminology, Abbreviations etc
- III. Order of Battle, Royal Danish Army 1 February 1864
- IV: Danish Army Combatants with Designated Units February 1st 1864
- V. Order of Battle, Combined Allied Army February 1st 1864
- VI: Fortifications of the Danewerke Line, Armament planned and that actually in place February 1st 1864
- VII: Armament of Dybbøl RedoubtsFebruary 7th 1864
- VIII: Danish Army Combatants at the Dybbøl Position Fit for Duty February 15th 1864
- IX: Rotation of Danish Units at the Dybbøl Position
- X: Order of Battle and Location K.K. VI Army Corps (II Corps,Combined Army) March 10th 1864.
- XI: Armament of the Fortress of Fredericia March 21st 1864
- XII: Danish Army Combatants with Designed Units April 1st 1864
- XIII: Armament at the Dybbøl Redoubts April 2nd 1864
- XIV: Danish Casualties at Dybbøl April 2nd - 17th 1864.
- XV: Prussian Casualties at Dybbøl April 5th - 18th 1864
- XVI: Armament of the Fortress of Fredericia April 26th 1864.
- XVII: Order of Battle, Prussian Combined III Corps April 26th 1864
- XVIII: Order of Battle, Combined Division Münster April 20th 1864.
- XIX: Order of Battle, Royal Danish Army June 26th 1864
- XX: Danish Army Combatants with Designated Units Au gust 1st1864
- A Note on Sources
- Bibliography
- Index
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