Denmark did at one point hit rock bottom. We were losing land fast, and finally the king just had to accept that Denmark was never going to be a great empire again. In desperation he tried to give Denmark away to Prussia, but not even they wanted us! The king even asked them three times, but every time the answer was, “No. Fuck off”! D:
There were various reasons why they didn’t want Denmark at the time. One was out of fear of pissing off England and France who would see that move as an attempt to become a colonial power, and even though Denmark wasn’t worth much on it’s own it could have done a lot of damage in Prussia’s hands, what with still owning Greenland, Iceland and the Virgin Islands, not to mention controlling all shipping in and out of the Baltic Sea. Denmark didn’t have the means to do much with those areas, but Prussia could have placed military bases on them. USA, Russia, England and France would have seen that as quite a threat.
But one of the reasons was also that the Danes didn’t speak German, and at the time Prussia was more interest in collection the German speaking countries rather than just hoard land.
Nazi Germany taking over Denmark had noting to do with Prussia not wanting us. He’s just there for comedic effect.
SomeBODY once told me that Prussia doesn't want me, I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed He was lookin' kinda dumb With his finger and his thumb In the shape of an L o his forehead
What Denmark doesn't know, is that Prussia gave him an impossible task, because there doesn't exist something as awesome as the word "awesome" in German
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I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
He was lookin' kinda dumb
With his finger and his thumb
In the shape of an L o his forehead