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Germany and the Next War

CHAPTER VII
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There are no coast fortifications.
Denmark, as commanding the approaches to the Baltic, is of great military importance to us.

Copenhagen, the capital, is a strong fortress.

The Army, on the other hand, is not an important factor of strength, as the training of the units is limited to a few months.

This State maintains on a peace footing some 10,000 infantry, 800 cavalry, 2,300 artillery, and 1,100 special arms, a total of 14,200 men; but the strength varies between 7,500 and 26.000.In war-time an army of 62,000 men and 10,000 reserves can be put into the field, composed numerically of 58,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, 9,000 artillery, and 2,000 special arms.
Sweden can command eight classes of the First Ban, which comprises units from twenty-one to twenty-eight years of age, and is 200,000 strong, as well as four classes of the Second Ban, with a strength of 90,000, which is made up of units from twenty-eight to thirty-two years of age.

There are also available 30,000 trained volunteers, students and ex-students from twenty-one to thirty-two years of age.
The eight classes of the Landsturm are 165,000 men strong.


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