1864

(NO MOBILE SUPPORT FOR NOW) The Second Schleswig War (Danish : Den anden slesvigske krig. German : Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg or German Danish War) also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War, was the second military conflict over the Schleswig–Holstein question of the nineteenth century. The war began on 1 February 1864, when Prussian and Austrian forces crossed the border into the Danish fief Schleswig. Denmark fought troops of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire representing the German Confederation.