Thirty Years' War Archives

The Battle of Breitenfeld. From a private collection.

You Can Thank the Swedes for Combined Arms Theory

by David T. Zabecki3/17/20233/20/2023

Amid the Thirty Years’ War Protestant commander Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden finally crossed swords with Catholic commander Johann Tserclaes in 1631 at Breitenfeld, Saxony