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Denmark during World War I

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The Germans had already begun to mine Danish territorial waters in order to protect Germany from a British naval offensive. By mining its own maritime area the Danish government was trying to avoid giving Germany a pretext for an occupation.
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served in the German armed forces. In total, about 5,300 men from Southern Jutland fell during the war. A Danish military cemetery exists for soldiers fallen whilst fighting for Germany in the French commune of
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to the German army. Danish speculators made fortunes on canned meat products, which were often of mediocre quality, while 275 Danish
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Denmark maintained trade with both sides of the war, and was among several neutral countries that exported
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of 19th July 1918. This was the only major allied raid on ethnically Danish Southern Jutland in the war.
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was awarded to Denmark after 74.9% of the territory's population voted in favor of joining Denmark.
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At the outbreak of war, Denmark mobilized around 50,000 reservists to man
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were sunk, and approximately 700 Danish sailors perished during the war.
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During the war, more than 30,000 ethnically Danish men from the
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acceptance, despite the fact that Denmark was obliged under
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were held in German territory in compliance with the
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Index

First World War
Denmark
neutrality
canned meat
merchant ships

Copenhagen
Tunestillingen
Køge Bay
Roskilde Fjord
Germany
naval mines
British
international law
Southern Jutland
Province of Schleswig-Holstein
Braine
Imperial German Navy
Zeppelins
Tønder
Germany
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Tondern raid
1920 Schleswig plebiscites
Treaty of Versailles
Northern Schleswig


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