The Germans had embarked on this course…

June 1848 CE

The Germans had embarked on this course of participation in the Schleswig-Holstein War alone, without the European powers.

The other European powers are united in opposing any dismemberment of Denmark, even Austria refusing to assist in enforcing the German view.

Swedish troops land to assist the Danes; Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, speaking with authority as head of the senior Gottorp line, points  out to King Frederick William IV of Prussia the risks of a collision.

Great Britain, though the Danes had rejected her mediation, threatens to send her fleet to assist in preserving the status quo.

The fact that Prussia had entered the war on behalf of the revolutionary forces in Schleswig-Holstein creates a great number of ironies.

The newly elected Frankfurt Diet tends to support the incursion into the Schleswig-Holstein War while King Frederick William does not.

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Flensburg Schleswig-Holstein Germany View →

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Frederick VII of Denmark View → Frederick William IV of Prussia View → Friedrich Graf von Wrangel View → Nicholas I View →

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Germans View → Danes (Scandinavians) View → Schleswig, Duchy of View → Holstein, Duchy of View → Denmark-Norway, Kingdom of View → Russian Empire View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Austrian Empire View → Sweden and Norway, Union between the Kingdoms of View → France, constitutional monarchy of View → German Confederation View → France, Second Republic of View →

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German Revolutions: 1840-1851 View → Schleswig War, First View → 1848, Revolutions of View →

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Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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