March Across the Belts
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The March Across the Belts was a military campaign waged by the Swedish Empire across the ice between the Danish islands. It lasted between 30 January and 15 February 1658, ending with a decisive vict
Contemporary chalcography of the assault on Frederiksodde on 24 October 1657.
Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve.
March Across the Little Belt and the Battle of Ivesnaes 1658. Painting (1693) by Johann Philip Lemke.
Peter Bredal takes his ships out of the ice at Nyborg, by Carl Neumann.
Great Belt
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The Great Belt is a strait between the major islands of Zealand and Funen in Denmark. It is one of the three Danish Straits.
Satellite view over Denmark: The Great Belt is the passage in the center.