Introduction The French War 3 Army Lists Swedish Army 1635 - 41 4 Imperial Army/Saxon Army 1635 - 41 4 Imperial/Bavarian Army 1638 5 Weimarian Army 1638 6 Imperial Army 1642 - 45 7 Swedish Army 1642 - 45 7 Spanish Army 1643 8 French Army 1643 8 Bavarian Army 1644 9 French Army 1644 9 German Army 1644 10 Bavarian/Imperial Army 1645 10 French/Hessian Army 1645 11 Imperial Army 1646 - 48 12 Bavarian Army 1646 - 48 12 Swedish Army 1646 - 48 13 French Army 1646 - 48 13 Swedish & French Generals Profiles 14 Cavalry Tactics 15 Imperial, Bavarian & Spanish Generals Profiles 15 Infantry Tactics 16 Dismounted Cavalry 16 Swedish Muskets 16 Scenario Battle of Wittstock 17 Battle of Jankow 19 War-Tokens Benefitial Effect 21 Detrimental Effect 21 Furia Francese 21 Acknowledgments 21 Copyright Stephen Danes and Warband Miniatures 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication or abstraction from it may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying or trasmission by email or internet, without prior permission in writing from the copyright holder. Sample file
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FearingthattheSwedishoffensiveinGermanyhadgroundto a halt, the French first minister Cardinal Richelieudecided to intervene.AHabsburg revival following theirvictoryovertheSwedesatNördlingenwasnotinFrancesinterests and so the Cardinal secured an alliance withtheDutchRepublic,BernhardofSax-WeimarandseveralItalianstates.
However, the French opening moves in the Rhinelandwerenot successfulandby1636Spanishand Imperialisttroops threatenedParis.TheFrenchdidmanage toholdthe Catholic forces and eventually drove them out andbetween1637and1648theSpanishandImperialistarmiessufferedastringofdefeats.Thiswasthemostdestructivephaseofthewar,nolongerareligiousstrugglebetweenProtestantsandCatholics(CatholicFrancefoughtCatholicSpain)thiswasnowawarofoccupationandannihilation.
From 1636 the Empire suffered a series of destructivedefeats at the hands of the Swedes, at Wittstock andRheinfelden in 1638 and a second battle at Breitenfeldin1642.TherewereFrenchdefeatstoo-atTuttlingenin1643andFreiburgin1644butthesewereoutweighedbycrucialvictoriesatNördlingen,JankauandZusmarshausen.Facedwiththeprospectof losingPraguetotheSwedes,theEmperorwasforcedtoagreetotermsandsignedthePeace of Westphalia, the treaty that ended the ThirtyYearsWar -althoughthispeacedidnotendthefightingbetween France and Spain - who remained at war foranotherdecade.
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Army: The Swedish Army 1635-41Commander: BanerGenerals: Torstensson, Leslie, Karr, Stalhansk, Vitzthum, Ruthven
Unit Type Formation Grade Number Strength WeaponSwedishInfantry Regiment Veteran 2 18-20 p/S*