1864

The Battle of Dybbøl, 1864. Prussian troops lay siege to an outpost in the far south of Denmark. The conflict is over control of the Duchy of Schleswig, recently annexed by Denmark to the alarm of its largely German-speaking inhabitants. Danish troops make a valiant attempt to hold out but are overrun by the might of the Prussian onslaught. Of little strategic importance, the struggle for Schleswig foreshadowed the same forces that, fifty years later, would tear Europe apart. Prussia's victory would not only rejuvenate its nascent militarism, but help it claim leadership of the new German Empire. Told in rich detail through first-hand accounts, Tom Buk-Swienty's magisterial account of the Schleswig conflict tells the story of this pivotal war. 1864 shows how a minor regional conflict foreshadowed the course of diplomacy that led to the First World War and brutally presaged the industrialised future of warfare. But most of all, in its human detail, from touching letters between husbands and wives to heartbreaking individual stories of loss, 1864 is a gripping, epic human drama that shows the effect all wars have on the soldiers, on families and on the individual men and women who must live its realities.

The Battle of Dybbøl, 1864. Prussian troops lay siege to an outpost in the far south of Denmark. The conflict is over control of the Duchy of Schleswig, recently annexed by Denmark to the alarm of its largely German-speaking inhabitants. Danish troops make a valiant attempt to hold out but are overrun by the might of the Prussian onslaught. Of little strategic importance, the struggle for Schleswig foreshadowed the same forces that, fifty years later, would tear Europe apart. Prussia's victory would not only rejuvenate its nascent militarism, but help it claim leadership of the new German Empire. Told in rich detail through first-hand accounts, Tom Buk-Swienty's magisterial account of the Schleswig conflict tells the story of this pivotal war. 1864 shows how a minor regional conflict foreshadowed the course of diplomacy that led to the First World War and brutally presaged the industrialised future of warfare. But most of all, in its human detail, from touching letters between husbands and wives to heartbreaking individual stories of loss, 1864 is a gripping, epic human drama that shows the effect all wars have on the soldiers, on families and on the individual men and women who must live its realities.

Tidligt om morgenen begyndte de preussiske kanoner at skyde mod stillingerne i Dybbøl. Da bombardementet stoppede seks timer senere, stormede preussiske soldater de danske stillinger. Det var et blodigt og voldsomt slag. Det er den 18. april 1864. Danmark er i krig mod Preussen og Østrig. Ved Dybbøl står de danske soldater klar til kamp. Men de er oppe imod en stærkere fjende. Danmark taber både slaget ved Dybbøl og krigen i 1864. Næsten halvdelen af Danmarks befolkning og en tredjedel af alt land går tabt. Det var et kæmpe nederlag. I denne bog kan du læse mere om, hvorfor det gik galt i 1864. 1864 er en del af serien MEGA , som er en fagbogsserie til mellemtrinnet med fokus på naturfaglige, historiske og aktuelle emner. Bøgerne kan både selvlæses og indgå i undervisningsmæssige sammenhænge.