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Otto von Bismarck was appointed minister-president of the kingdom of Prussia on 22 September 1862. Ten days later Moltke was requested to explore the possibilities of a war with Denmark.1

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  1. Hans-Joachim Schoeps, Bismarck über Zeitgenossen, Zeitgenossen über Bismarck (Frankfurt, 1972), p. 128.

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Bucholz, A. (2001). The Danish War, 1864. In: Moltke and the German Wars, 1864–1871. European History in Perspective. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-03799-2_5

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