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Ironclads: Schleswig War 1864 Review
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Posted by Donster on: 2010-06-04 18:24:20 830
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By James Cobb @ Armchair General
Neglected conflicts are often the most interesting ones to game. Few people know about the second Schleswig-Holstein conflict of 1864, not to mention that it had a very interesting naval component. The conflict was officially between Denmark and the German Confederation, but Prussia and Austria did the heavy lifting for the Germans. Naval actions were fought in two stages: Prussian attempts to break the Danish blockade in the Baltic and the later Austrian effort to control approaches to Denmark in the North Sea. Ironclads: Schleswig War depicts only the Baltic action, leaving the much tenser North Sea struggle for a future game.
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