69.1 Schleswig War of 1864 - Background

A History of Europe, Key Battles

Carl Rylett

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🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

A border dispute between the German Confederation and the Kingdom of Denmark in the regions of Schleswig and Holstein breaks out into an inconclusive war in 1848-1850, and tensions remain into the 1860's.

Meanwhile, a common culture was developing across the German population of Europe, with the literary works of Goethe and Schiller, and philosophers Kant and Hegel. On the political scene, Otto von Bismarck rises to power as the Prussian chief minister. He urges the need for the king’s military reforms, famously stating that the great questions of the time would not be resolved by speeches or parliamentary votes but by ‘iron and blood’.

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1:02.3	This is the Schleswig War of 1864, part one of two.
1:30.3	Thank you. Part 1 of 2 Part 1 of 2 I'm The The The In the last set of episodes, I told the story of the War of Unification of Italy in 1859.
2:25.9	Ever since the French Revolution of 1789 and the subsequent Napoleonic Wars,
2:32.1	the growing movements of national identity which inspired events there,
2:36.0	had become a powerful political force in Europe.
2:40.0	This was no less the case than in Germany, where after the Congress of Vienna of 1815,
2:46.0	the once unwieldy Holy Roman Empire was consigned to history and in its place confirmed the German Confederation.
2:54.6	An association of 39 predominantly German-speaking sovereign states in Central Europe, its capital in Frankfurt. The Confederation was weak and ineffective,
3:10.3	The Confederation was weak and ineffective, partly because of rivalry between the two more powerful German states,
3:32.0	the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire, and also in part by design, as the European great powers had no wish to see a strong state emerge in the centre of Europe.
3:47.6	It was essentially a military alliance with the aim of defending Germany against external attacks and also internal riots
3:55.6	and to maintain the status quo which was established in 1815.
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