The "Roman Catholic States" led by the Catholic Habsburg Imperial family sought to tighten its grip on the Holy Roman Empire, and gain formal in addition to retaining its de jure control over the Empire, which it had by and large secured by this point, albeit still on risky foundations. The political structure of the Holy Roman Empire ensured they would never seize this as a hereditary right unless the political structure of Germany was altered. They sought to do this by suppressing the practice of the Protestant branch of Christianity in north Germany, and reseating the Protestant potentates in the Empire with Catholic ones. This was because election to the Holy Roman Empire was divided between a number of princelings who were of both Protestant and Catholic faith. They simultaneously sei
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| - Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War
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| - The "Roman Catholic States" led by the Catholic Habsburg Imperial family sought to tighten its grip on the Holy Roman Empire, and gain formal in addition to retaining its de jure control over the Empire, which it had by and large secured by this point, albeit still on risky foundations. The political structure of the Holy Roman Empire ensured they would never seize this as a hereditary right unless the political structure of Germany was altered. They sought to do this by suppressing the practice of the Protestant branch of Christianity in north Germany, and reseating the Protestant potentates in the Empire with Catholic ones. This was because election to the Holy Roman Empire was divided between a number of princelings who were of both Protestant and Catholic faith. They simultaneously sei
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| Strength
| - 20000(xsd:integer)
- 24600(xsd:integer)
- 26000(xsd:integer)
- 33000(xsd:integer)
- 50000(xsd:integer)
- 70600(xsd:integer)
- 150000(xsd:integer)
- 300000(xsd:integer)
- 546000(xsd:integer)
- Allies and mercenaries:
- Landing in Germany:
13,000 men
*10,000 infantry
*3,000 cavalry
Defending Sweden:
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| Casus
| - Imperial attempts to silence protestantism throughout Europe
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| Commander
| - Gustav II Adolf
- Carl Gustaf Wrangel
- Ferdinand III
- Albrecht von Wallenstein
- Franz von Mercy
- Ferdinand II
- Axel Oxenstierna
- Johann von Werth
- Alexander Leslie
- Gustav Horn
- Lennart Torstenson
- Maximilian I of Bavaria
- Gottfried Pappenheim
- Johan Banér
- Johann Tserclaes
- Prince Karl Gustav
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| Territory
| - Pomerania is annexed by Sweden
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| Caption
| - Gustav II Adolf leads his army to victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld
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| Casualties
| - 31518(xsd:integer)
- 101094(xsd:integer)
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| Result
| - Decisive Swedish victory
*Peace of Westphalia
** End of the Thirty Years' War
** Habsburg supremacy curtailed
** Rise of the Swedish Empire
** Decline of feudalism
** Decentralization of the Holy Roman Empire
** Substantial decline in the power and influence of the Catholic Church
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| combatant
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- Swedish Empire
- Worms
- Bavaria
- Hungary
- Austria
- Cologne
- Trier
- Strasbourg
- Würzburg
- Augsburg
- Bohemia
- Spanish Empire
- Habsburg Empire
- Mainz
- Speyer
- Denmark-Norway
- Constance
- Passau
- Bamberd
- Catholic League and allies:
- Eichstätt
- Ellwangen
- Kempten
- Limited or non-combat support:
- Temporary combat support:
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| - Throughout the Holy Roman Empire
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| - The "Roman Catholic States" led by the Catholic Habsburg Imperial family sought to tighten its grip on the Holy Roman Empire, and gain formal in addition to retaining its de jure control over the Empire, which it had by and large secured by this point, albeit still on risky foundations. The political structure of the Holy Roman Empire ensured they would never seize this as a hereditary right unless the political structure of Germany was altered. They sought to do this by suppressing the practice of the Protestant branch of Christianity in north Germany, and reseating the Protestant potentates in the Empire with Catholic ones. This was because election to the Holy Roman Empire was divided between a number of princelings who were of both Protestant and Catholic faith. They simultaneously seized Protestant places of worship and started to roll back many of the religious compromises that had previously been arranged in order to preserve religious stability within the empire. This would afford them the opportunity to alter the political structure of the Holy Roman Empire via its legislative body. The Protestant powers were fighting to preserve their religious freedom, and simultaneously preserve their political autonomy from the Habsburgs. The Holy Roman Empire was a hodgepodge of Protestant and Catholic states of various sizes that exercised sway over Germany, and over European politics, according to the resources and armies that they had at their command. Broadly speaking, the Holy Roman Empire – prior to the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War – was divided in half between the Protestant North and the Catholic South.
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