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GOLDEN GREATS

ust across the German border with Denmark lie lush green fields, with small houses with red brick façades occasionally appearing in the distance. At the edge of the paved road to the sleepy little town of Sonderborg stands a large old windmill. Nothing reminds us that this picturesque landscape was once the scene of a fierce battle. But it was here that the German-Danish War was decided in 1864, and so was the

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