Bismarck's Rise: Schleswig Wars 1848-1864

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  @realtimehistory · 4 years ago · pinned

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  @billkallas1762 · 4 years ago

  I had a Great Grandfather who Danish, and was also in the Prussian Army in the early 1860&apos;s &nbsp;He enjoyed Army life because it was a time of peace. When the Schleswig War was ready to start, he decided that he didn&apos;t want to shoot any Danes and didn&apos;t want any of them trying to shoot at him. He deserted, got on a ship, and eventually worked his way to Chicago.

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  @manfredgrieshaber8693 · 4 years ago

  During the war of 1864 the 80 years old General von Wrangel was the commander in chief of the prussian army. This old man was so confused and so doting he couldn&apos;t overlook the military operations so the army was led by his junior officers. Soon afterwards some nasty jokes were told in the streets of Berlin. Here&apos;s one example: In the morning General von Wrangel mounts his horse in the wrong way. A soldier comes up and tells the General that he is sitting on his horse in the wrong direction. The General angrily replies: Shut up you bugger, you don&apos;t know in which direction I want to ride also I can turn around my horse at any time.😂💥

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  @Tom_Quixote · 4 years ago

  The history of Denmark is like a Risk player starting out by rolling a lot of sixes, and then suddenly a whole lot of ones.

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  @bjarkeeiler2649 · 4 years ago (edited)

  As a Dane, this is really great work! I am happy that this is told in such a way, that is it only the bare historical facts that is important. Despite the troubled history, Denmark and Germany today are very close allies, and close to the border there is still many Germans in Denmark and Danes in Germany. I hope that this close relationship always will exist.

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  @kasperh6287 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Having a host that can properly pronounce names and locations is such a delight. Kudos to Jesse for being able pronounce Danish names without suffering a stroke in the tongue.

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  @henryreinecke6036 · 4 years ago

  Fun fact: Two Austrian soldiers lie buried in Wyk auf Föhr on the North Frisian Island of Föhr. They didn’t die in combat, but rather stabbed each other to death over a local girl

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  @yrobtsvt · 4 years ago

  Danes: &quot;How foolish to attack a sea power on its own coast!&quot;<br><br>Exceptionally cold winter of 1863-4: &quot;I&apos;m about to end this sea power&apos;s whole career&quot;

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  @thomasw9587 · 2 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edVfP9XeOaI&amp;t=1640">27:20</a> Jesse, for all the words in every language being pronounced so clearly and passionately; hearing you pronounce suite like suit was so endearing 😂😅😀

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  @jackstarr4726 · 4 years ago

  My ancestors left the current Denmark/Germany border region &amp; emigrated to New Zealand after that war. They were Danes who spoke German. They sailed out from Hamburg. The resulting border change made it that our family were split on both sides of the border.

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  @ane-louisestampe7939 · 4 years ago

  What a pleasure to get Danish history through foreign eyes. It&apos;s not an opportunity given often. And then from such a sober and competent source.<br>Thank you very much!

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  @Rabauke84 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m from todays german state of Schleswig-Holstein and I always wondered, why so many history channels on Youtube have never made a video about this war, although it had so much impact on Europe!<br><br>I&apos;m also astonished on why so many claim, that this wasn&apos;t part of their education. We had this topic in history and in politics, back in school.<br>The way how we settled down the problems with germans in Denmark and danes in Germany, was also taught to me at the university, because it was seen as some type of benchmark, regarding how to avoid conflicts between majorities and minorities!

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