Easter Crisis

Easter Crisis

The Easter Crisis can refer to two important incidents in the history of Denmark:
*The Easter Crisis of 1920, when King Christian X dismissed Prime Minister Carl Theodor Zahle and his cabinet.
*The Easter Crisis of 1948, when the government believed that the Soviet Union or Soviet-aligned Communists were planning an invasion or coup d'état in Denmark.


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