Prussia 1850. The Nation is content, our economy is nearly self-sufficient, the army starts getting a bit rusty. Out of we start a colonial adventure near Sansibar.
In this period of peace, all our mobile troops are gathering in Berlin for a complete re-organisation of our armies, when suddenly the news arrive that Holstein and Hannover both threaten us with war, because we possess Hamburg and they do not.
It is getting worse: In February Hannover commits a provocation which cannot remain unanswered:
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In retaliation, we declare war on Hannover, and - by a misunderstanding of our minister of foreign affairs, bugger ! - on Holstein as well. Tough luck. Holstein doesn't have a standing army. And the tiny Hannoverian army is no match to the superior numbers of our four armies.
As we don't know how Denmark will react, we send two armies to occupy Holstein, and the other two to finish off Hanoverian forces:
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