Между Данией и Германией была спорная территория. После Первой Мировой, Дания могла бы полностью решить эту проблему с пользой для себя. Но она поступила иначе. Она провела референдумы в разных частях и присоединила только те, которые проголосовали за Данию.
Началась Вторая Мировая. Оккупация Дании Германией была произведена как соглашение с правителством этой страны. И хотя были голоса нацистов по изменению границ в свою пользу, Гитлер отказался менять границы посчитав их справедливыми. И после Второй Мировой Дания не воспользовалась правом вернуть спорные территории себе. Вопрос был решен по справедливости раз и навсегда.
"Территориальная целостность" как "навязываемый" принцип была бы пустым звуком в каждом из этих случаев. "Самоопределение" как принцип справедливости, решило проблему раз и навсегда.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Schleswig-HolsteinAfter World War I
...The Allied powers arranged a referendum in Northern and Central Schleswig. In Northern Schleswig on February 10, 1920 75% voted for re-unification with Denmark and 25% voted for Germany. In Central Schleswig on March 14, 1920 the results were reversed; 80% voted for Germany and just 20% for Denmark, primarily in Flensburg. While in Northern Schleswig some smaller regions (for example
Tønder) had a clear majority of voters for Germany in Central Schleswig all regions voted for Germany (see
Schleswig Plebiscites). No vote ever took place in the southern third of Schleswig, because the result for Germany was predictable. On June 15, 1920,
North Schleswig officially returned to Danish rule. Germany continued to hold the whole of Holstein and
South Schleswig, remaining within the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein.The Danish-German border was the only one of the borders imposed on Germany following World War I which was never challenged by Hitler.
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In the
Second World War, after
Nazi Germany occupied the whole of Denmark, there was agitation by local Nazi leaders in Schleswig-Holstein to restore the pre-World War I border and re-annex to Germany the areas granted to Denmark after the plebiscite - as the Nazis did in
Alsace-Lorraine at the same period. However, Hitler vetoed any such step, out of a general Nazi policy at the time to base the occupation of Denmark on a kind of accommodation with the Danish Government, and avoid outright confrontations with the Danes.
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After Germany had lost
World War II there again was a possibility that Denmark could reacquire some of its lost territory in Schleswig. Though no territorial changes came of it, it had the effect that Prime Minister Knud Kristensen was forced to resign after a vote of no confidence because the Folketing did not support his enthusiasm for incorporating South Schleswig into Denmark.