1864: The Forgotten War That Shaped Modern Europe

by Tom Buk-Swienty

Book Overview

The Battle of Dybb l, 1864. Prussian troops lay siege to an outpost in the far south of Denmark. The conflict is over control of the Duchy of Schleswig, recently annexed by Denmark to the alarm of its largely German-speaking inhabitants. Danish troops make a valiant attempt to hold out but are overrun by the might of the Prussian onslaught.

Of little strategic importance, the struggle for Schleswig foreshadowed the same forces that, fifty years...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781252769
• ISBN13: 9781781252765
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Ips - Profile Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.8"