The documentary tells of the two Danish brothers and officers, Ernst and Emil Schau, who participate in the Second Schleswig War. The brothers have wives and children in Copenhagen, and through their letters the story of the soldier’s life in the ice cold and doomy campaign, that the Danish Army was in during winter 1864, is told. A campaign culminating in the Battle of Dybbøl on 18th April 1864. Here the Danish Army is up against a professional Prussian army, that is numerically and technologically superior to its Danish adversary. The brothers end up in the middle of the worst combat, which have fatal consequences for them and their family.
00:00 Intro
07:10 Reasons behind the war
13:00 Fortress Dannevirke
15:55 Initial battles around Dannevirke
18:05 Retreat from Dannevirke
20:30 Battle of Sankelmark
21:30 Retreat to Dybbøl
23:36 Siege of Dybbøl
26:45 Bombardment of Dybbøl
31:45 Bombardment of Sønderborg
33:10 Considering retreat from Dybb&