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Crossing the Border

Name: Crossing the Border
Start: 1864-02-01
Location: Danish fief

When: 1 February 1864
Where: Danish fief
Part of: Austrian and Prussian troops cross the Eider into Denmark

Prussian and Austrian forces crossed into Schleswig on 1 February 1864, starting the war against the German Confederation's resistance.

Prussian and Austrian troops crossed the border into the Danish fief of Schleswig on 1 February 1864, an action taken against the resistance of the Federal Assembly of the German Confederation. With this crossing, war became inevitable, and the movement opened the Second Schleswig War.

Sources

Second Schleswig War Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25

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