Hanging with History

1807 Battle of Copenhagen, Part 3


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Wellington, Jarlsberg, battle of the Wooden Shoes, Norge.  Such excitement.

The Danish Navy is simply too large in the world of 1807 to simply sit there, stored up in ordinary in København's harbor.

And the Danish merchant fleet, providing a carry trade to the world, cannot be left outside of Napoleon's economic warfare with Britain.  

Therefore, since the current situation is untenable, either France or Britain will have its way with Denmark.  The process is unpleasant, to say the least, but the Danish fleet and its naval stores end up in British hands.  

But what about Norway? 

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