Given that I generally try to concentrate on the German Wars of Unification when I do any serious research I thought I would toss this link out there. I ran across the following article about the Battle of Lundby in 1864 today. It is probably the best description of any single action from the Danish War of 1864 I have ever seen. What makes it so great for my purposes is that it is in English and I can direct my readers to it. The first of the German Wars of Unification, the Danish War of 1864, is practically ignored in English scholarship and thus finding something like this is a treasure as it sheds light on the development of Prussian tactical and operational methods that is not generally open to the English speaking world.
War Memorial in the town where I live
The town in Germany where I live has what is actually a rarity among German war memorials. It has a memorial to the dead of the Franco-Prussian War. Of course, they have the obligatory WWI and II memorial like every self respecting German town that calls itself a town. Most do not have Franco-Prussian War memorials though, in all my travels throughout Germany over 12+years I have only seen a few memorials to the Franco Prussian War. The one where I live is actually pretty nice and obviously well thought out. The memorial is in the form of an obelisk supported by three cannonballs and … More after the Jump…