Introduction

In 18 o seven, about a third of the way through the napoleonic wars, denmark found itself in an interesting situation. It already controlled norway, greenland, utland, sleshwig holstein in germany and land. And that navy was preparing to defend itself against the french. The danish army was already planning for a land attack from napoleon's forces. But the navy, however, was in a tougher spot. You see, the british needed access to the baltic sea. They were using it as a trade route. Also home to the resources needed by building english warships. In other words, both the britishes and the