They were Pruss-ured by other nations.
As a part Swede, I'm wondering what the British, neighbouring Nordic peoples, French, Russians, etc. felt when Denmark and Prussia were at war. Were neighbouring countries arming themselves in case of war spreading to them? Were they as ignorant as people were come WW1, thinking that a mainland Europe war would be over in weeks? I'm curious what the general feelings or anxieties were of the countries close by to the wars.
Also, I was recently doing some reading as to the demographics of the Union and Confederate Armies in the U.S. during the Civil War. We often hear of the Irish having made themselves distinguished on both sides, and of the many German-born men who fought too. Both of these peoples had come before the war mostly, when the Irish had their famine and poverty and the Germans had their revolutions and religious disputes. But what of other European peoples who came to America before or during the war? What of the Scandinavians, Brits, or any Mediterranean or Slavic people? Were there any of those folk involved and if so, how notably? On the flip side of that, what did the Europeans in general think of the American Civil War? I'm aware that the Brits reinforced Canada with troops in case of a Union annexation (as they had trade relations with the south), and they were right to do so with the Fenian Raids afterwards.
I ask these questions because in my ancestry, a Swedish ancestor of mine came to England in these decades. My great great great grandfather was a Swede, who left home (likely due to lack of jobs at the time) for England and he worked the docks as he had before, as he was a shipbuilder and carpenter. I remember thinking it was lucky he went to the UK and not America, because then he would've been made a soldier, likely. Were European immigrants dissuaded from going to the U.S. in the 1860s?
I wanted to clarify the events that occurred during both the first and second Schleswig-Holstein war. From my understanding the wars were over duchies known as Schleswig and Lauenburg. And the first war erupted between Germany and Sweden. But what I don’t understand is how the second war erupted when the first war had already decided who has what. Yes I understand that the king had died without declaring who has what but wasn’t this decided during the first war?
The warfare of the industrial age in general really intrigues me for some reason, and the second Schleswig war in particular seems pretty cool. Problem is all of the descriptive sources i can find are in danish or german. If anyone can help me find an english source i would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you in advance!
"One infected person was confirmed in Schleswig-Holstein. The man from Henstedt-Ulzburg in the district Segeberg is in quarantine at home together with his wife."
A don't see why the Schleswig-Holstein question between the German states and Denmark would be a matter they would care enough about to get involved militarily
https://reddit.com/link/9ti8pe/video/4o4gvut4qvv11/player
schleswig-holstein: Man life is good.
*Denmark walks up*
Denmark: Yeah, it sure is...heheheheheh
*Denmark Looks at November Constitution*
*Prussia Talking With Austria*
Austria: Hey... whats Denmark doing with schleswig-holstein
*Prussia glares at Denmark*
*Prussia and Austria commence to beat up Denmark and take back schleswig-holstein*
In the OTL, Bismarck rejects this proposal and annexes Schleswig and Holstein between Prussia and Austria. However, in 1866, Prussia invades Austrian holdings to set off the Austro-Prussian war.
The Austro-Prussian War in 1866 establishes Prussian dominance amongst the German states and becomes a thorn in France's side with the rising power of Prussia, leading up to the Franco-Prussia War of 1871. How does history play out if the Kingdom of Denmark joins the union and the Austro-Prussian war does not happen the following year?
