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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.
Map of part of Kennedy Channel, with Hans Island. Hans Island (Inuktitut and Greenlandic: Tartupaluk, lit. ' kidney shaped '; [2] Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᕐᑐᐸᓗᒃ; Danish: Hans Ø, pronounced [hanˀs øˀ]; French: île Hans, pronounced [il ɑ̃(n)s]) is an island in the centre of the Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait in the high Arctic region, split between the Canadian territory of ...
Danish-Algerian War (1769–70) [3] Action of 16 May 1797 Battle of Copenhagen (1801) Battle of Copenhagen (1807) Gunboat War (1807–14) First Schleswig War (1848–51) Second Schleswig War (1864) Operation Safari (1943) Whiskey War (1973-2022) Operation Desert Shield (1990–91) Operation Sharp Guard (1993–96) Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003)
Another mention worthy example of cooperation outside of the Arctic Council is "the Whiskey War" between two allies, Denmark and Canada. 1973 Denmark and Canada signed a treaty delimitating their border in the water between the east coast of Greenland and the western/northern coast of Canada.
1535 – 9 June A Danish and Swedish fleet fights a naval battle against Lübeck. The battle ends in a draw but in the coming days the Lübeck fleet is destroyed; 1536 – 11 June In the Danish Civil War a Danish peasant army is massacred in the battle of Oxnebjerg; 1537 – 16 January Lübeck concludes peace with Christian the Third.
Danish West Indies - Police Station. Flag-map of The Danish Colonial Empire. Danish Colonial Empire. 1620-1845/1869: Danish Colonial Merchant Ensign Indiana [40] [41], Danish India. Ove Gjedde's Expedition Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart Siege of Dansborg. Siege of Dansborg (1624) Willem Leyel's siege of Dansborg (1644) Siege of ...
In response, Emperor Otto II mobilized an army and led an expedition to Denmark. There, he encountered significant resistance. Otto II’s forces suffered a surprising defeat at the gates of Wiglesdor near the Dannevirke, a Danish fortification, in 974. Following the defeat, the Norwegian forces withdrew, leaving the Danes to defend their ...