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Group: Sardinia, East Roman (Byzantine)
People: Alessandro Malaspina
Topic: Dano-Swedish War 1657-1658
Location: Otsu Shiga Japan

Dano-Swedish War 1657-1658

Years: 1657 - 1658

The Dano-Swedish War 1657-1658 is a war between Sweden and Denmark.

In 1657 Charles X of Sweden and his Swedish army are bogged down in Poland.

Frederick III sees this as an opportunity to recover the territories lost to Sweden in 1645 and attacks Scania.

The outbreak of war with Denmark provides Charles with an excuse to withdraw from the Polish campaign and move against Denmark.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)