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Legally, they are two different flags. The Splitflag is a Danish flag ending in a swallow-tail, it is Dannebrog red and is used on land. The Orlogsflag is an elongated Splitflag with a deeper red colour and is used only at sea. The Orlogsflag with no markings may be used only by the Royal Danish Navy, but there are a few exceptions.
The military intervention of the Kingdom of Prussia supported the uprising: the Prussian army drove Denmark's troops from Schleswig and Holstein, beginning the First Schleswig War (1848–1851), which ended in a Danish victory at Idstedt; with the London Protocol, the international community agreed on the duchies' status.
1542 – War breaks out between France and the German Emperor. Emperor Charles V supports Frederick II, Elector Palatine for the Danish crown, and Denmark participates in the war on the side of France; 1543 – Denmark declares war on Netherlands, that are under the rule of Charles; 1544 – Denmark concludes the Treaty of Speyer with the ...
The Whisky War, also known as the Liquor Wars, [1] was a bloodless war and border dispute between the Kingdom of Denmark and Canada over Hans Island. Between 1973 and 2022, the island was under dispute between the two nations, although never amounting to direct conflict or violence.
This is a list of wars and war-like conflicts involving the modern Kingdom of Denmark and predecessor states. Danish victory Danish defeat Another result * *e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Denmark, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
Royal Standard of Denmark: Royal flag with the greater coat of arms of Denmark 1731–1819: Royal Standard of Denmark: Royal flag with the middle coat of arms of Denmark-Norway 1948–2000: Royal Standard of Queen Ingrid, The Queen Mother: 1972–2002: The Flag of Prince Henrik of Denmark: Royal flag with the arms of Prince Henrik. 2002–2018
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The 1219 Battle of Lyndanisse is still well known to this day, especially amongst Danes and Estonians, because of a popular legend about the first ever Danish flag, the Dannebrog, which allegedly fell from the sky, as an apparently helpful divine intervention, just when the Danish Crusaders were about to lose the battle to the local pagans.