Lion of the North meets the Generalissimo – Battle of Alte Veste, 1632
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🚩 In the late summer of 1632 the army of Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus met Albrecht von Wallenstein near Nürnberg. The earlier successes of Gustavus Adolphus over General Tilly, particularly at Breitenfeld, followed by Tilly’s death during the Battle of Rain, forced Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II to recall Albrecht von Wallenstein into military service from retirement. Wallenstein was unmatched in his ability to raise troops, and within a few weeks he took to the field with a fresh army.
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📢 Narrated by David McCallion
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📚 Sources
Clodfelter, M. – Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures – 4th edition (2017)
Wilson, Peter H. – Europe’s Tragedy: A History of the Thirty Years War (2009)
Wilson, Peter H. – Lützen: Great Battles Series (2018)
Richard Brzezinski – The Army of Gustavus Adolphus Volume 1: Infantry
Richard Brzezinski – The Army of Gustavus Adolphus Volume 2: Cavalry
Henrik O. Lunde – The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower, 1611-1721
Lars Erikson Wolke – Gustavus Adolphus, Sweden, and the Thirty Years War, 1630-1632
Russell Frank Wreighley – The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo
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Gustav was an amazing commander. But the few mistakes he did make. Lead to massive issues for the protestants. These mistakes where often in the planning phase or political sphere, and not on the active battlefield, where Gustav was at the top.
Yet, his actions or sometime inactions of the battlefield might have been the reason for the protestant overall loss later on.
And it is important to remember this was not Sweden against the Catholics, it was a protestant army against a catholic army. The commander was Swedish. But most of the troops where not Swedish.
Why it always seems weird to me when they are called the Swedish army, but most still call the catholic army for that. Not the Austrian or Spanish/Belgium as Tilly was a Spanish lord born in Spanish Belgium. Its common to tell stories like this where you "alter" history a bit to fit the narrative. And I do think its a shame. History is history.
The protestant army was lead by the Swedish king, one of the greatest commanders of that time. There was elite Swedish regiments in the protestant army. But it was not a Swedish army, it had troops from all over the protestant world. Just like the Catholic army had troops from all over.
Was not a war against Sweden and the empire. It was protestant against Catholics.
And I get, for most this is unimportant. But foe me a historian. It always gets to me.
And there are things where it almost always happen. This is one of them.
There is calling the Germanic tribes fighting against Rome for Germans.
Using the term "Norse" to describe just Norwegians.
And many others, small facts that gets washes away because they are small. Giving people a general view on history that is not really wrong, leading to other misunderstandings.
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Can you please do the battle of the trench ?
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Very good
Still waiting for Chinese history. Warring state period battles with armies hundred of thousands dwarfing european armies.
That pigeon slowly flapping across the screen during the intro 😂