Bismarck's Rise: Schleswig Wars 1848-1864

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Get a NordVPN with a 2-year plan plus 4 additional months with a huge discount and 30-day money back guarantee: https://nordvpn.com/realtimehistory The two Schleswig Wars of 1848-51 and 1864 mark an important period in European History. Intertwined with the 1848 revolutions, the First Schleswig War's settlement tries to uphold the European status quo. But the unhappy belligerents soon find themselves at war again in 1864 when Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck uses the Second Schleswig War as a first step towards German unification. » SUPPORT US ON PATREON https://patreon.com/realtimehistory » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS John Ozment, James Darcangelo, Jacob Carter Landt, Thomas Brendan, Kurt Gillies, Scott Deederly, John Belland, Adam Smith, Taylor Allen, Rustem Sharipov, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Marcus Bondura, Ramon Rijkhoek, Theodore Patrick Shannon, Philip Schoffman, Avi Woolf, Emile Bouffard, William Kincade, Daniel L Garza, Stefan Weiß, Matt Barnes, Chris Daley, Marco Kuhnert, Simdoom » SOURCES Adriansen, Inge & Christensen, Jens Ole. The First Schleswig War 1848-1851: Prelude, Events and Consequences, (Soenderborg : Toejhusmuseet, 2015) Allen, Julie K. “Remembering the Schleswig War of 1864: A Turning Point in German and Danish National Identity," The Bridge, Vol. 37, No. 1, Article 8, (2014) Arand, Tobias. 1870/71: Der Deutsch-Französische Krieg erzählt in Einzelschicksalen, (Hamburg : Osburg Verlag, 2018) Bassett-Powell, Bruce. The Armies of Bismarck’s Wars (Oxford 2013). Blum, Hans. Fürst Bismarck und seine Zeit: Eine Biographie für das deutsche Volk. Band 3, (Munich : C.H. Beck'sche, 1895) Buk-Swienty, Tom. 1864; The Forgotten War that Shaped Modern Europe, (London : Profile Books Ltd, 2015) Helms, Johannes. Soldaterliv i Krig og Fred: Beretninger fra Treårskrigen 1848-50, (Strangberg Forlag: 1906) Lund, Magne & Strange, Preben. Fra Altona til Dybbøl: Midtjyske soldater i krigen 1864, (Silkeborg : Virklund; 2014) William Howard Russel, The Times, 30 July 1850 »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Above Zero Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Digital Maps: Canadian Research and Mapping Association (CRMA) Research by: Mark Newton, Jesse Alexander, Nikolai Ebelholst Fact checking: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster Contains licensed material by getty images Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2022