The storming of Dybbøl
1864 · Event
Prussian infantry overrun Denmark's fortified line in four hours, deciding the war for Schleswig-Holstein — the first of Bismarck's three wars, and the testing ground for the breech-loading rifles and railway mobilisation that will beat Austria and France. In Denmark, Dybbøl remains the national wound.
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