Battle of Nordlingen 1645 - Thirty Years' War DOCUMENTARY
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- Our animated historical documentary series on the Thirty Years' War continues with the aftermath of the battle of Jankow, as French and Swedes led by Conde and Torstensson continue to pressure the Holy Roman Empire and the Electorate of Bavaria. Although all sides were tired, the intensity of the war wasn't letting and 1645 was extremely eventful with the battles of Mergentheim, Brunn, and 2nd Nordlingen.
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I love your channel so much mate, i listen to this before i sleep loooll
How is it that this comment was made 11 hours ago yet the video was posted 2 minutes ago?? After covering history for so long, I guess you guys have managed to time travel.
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@Kings and Generals 30 years war is a really interesting era, and glad you guys did such a good job covering it. Also can I ask a question?
Hhmmmm Wrclaw and Breslau are two different cities? :D Am i missing something here ? :D
"Conde seemingly learned nothing from the debacle at Freiburg a year before"
Turanne: "Oh God! Have mercy for France! You're our only hope!"
Mercy dies
Turanne: "God heard my prayers!"
Sacrebleu >.
Sometimes I wonder if Conde pulls theses things intentionally because he knows Turenne is really good at last minute saves
@@Khookies-lp2lu
Me too
Condé's strategy:
1. Make the worst possible decisions
2. Win through dumb luck and damage control by your subordinates
3. Profit
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Lol
xergiok 18 year old luck
@@sebastiansepulveda6937 What's the point of your commentary ? 😂
@@nekhlioudovbolkonsky2901 GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And good luck!!!
Conde planned for this all along. The entire battle was a prop just to draw out Mercy into the open, so Conde can snipe him with his +100 master sniper ninja canon.
🤣🤣🤣 for suuuure, Conde was a master strategist!
You think Condé was reckless there? Wait till the battle of Seneffe drops. You're in for a ride.
Yeah, Conde's life is remarkable
What was the result of the battle? On wikipedia each country describes it as undecided except for the French and English. They describe it as an French victory
@@Raadpensionaris usually, the side who remains on the battlefield is considered the winner. Especially, in this case - they were able to capture most of guns and part of the baggage train
@@KingsandGenerals on the dutch wiki page it is stated that the allies claimed victory because they held the battlefield and the french because of all the flags they captured. Is this false?
@@Raadpensionaris I work off the German and French sources mostly, and sometimes with Czech, Spanish and Swedish, if they are translated
Finally! Another episode in my most favorite series in TH-cam!!!!
Thank you!
@@KingsandGenerals Your welcome!
Always grateful for another Thirty Years' War video!
Excellent video as per usual...one suggestion...in during the battle scenes, could you add a compass? i sometimes find it disorienting and confusing when the map rotates. Thanks!
This is going to be a recurring theme for me where I immediately click on the notifications. I love this channel.
Thanks!
Thoroughly enjoyed this video :)
18:31 I'm sure his personal bravery was a great consolation to all those men he got killed.
I would love to watch a episode about the first Battle of Nördlingen, I have a ancestor which was a soldier in the Tercios infantry! Thanks in advance! This channel is a masterpiece!
Watch the battle of rocroi
@@kipl8444 lmao u did bro dirty
@@rasallyjohansen3951 ?
@@kipl8444 i thought u did him dirty cus in the battle of rocroi almost all the tercios were slaughtered and you told him to watch that battle when he said that his ancestor fought as a tercio
@@rasallyjohansen3951 I said he should watch the video where the first battle of Nördlingen was covered and the battle of rocroi as well, a bit of a misleading title of the video.
Excellent as always but maybe you could turn down the music a little.
Noted! Thanks!
I have a question: if the French lost at Freiburg how did they took Philipsburg? And why did Mercy retreated from his favorable position?
I just rewatch the previous video several hours ago !
Thanks!
K&G pleaaaseee do the 80 years war at some point D: in depth, this war is so damn interesting. So much happened om such a small area
It is planned :-)
Thanks on behalf of 80 years war reenactment in The Netherlands and Belgium :D if you need information, we could provide alot on everything. Let me know
I've been looking forward to this
At long last you have uploaded a video of 30 years war. Hope you will resume Ottoman War series and restart Napoleonic war.
10:00 incredible T^T
Money is really makes the world turn around
Are you going to make more videos on the Napoleonic Wars?
Could you do a video on the Dutch revolt
Every one of your videos about the 30 years war i've seen, the swedish/french win over all. Am i missing some videos? How on earth, if they always win at the end, is it that after 30 years of winning they still didn't posess all of central europe?
Thank you king.
Twenty Florins says Conde called Geiso´s mother a hamster.....
Lol :-)
Jesus Christ, Mercy dying like that is basically what it would have been like if Caesar got shot with a fluke arrow the moment he entered Gaul. He was easily one of the greatest generals of the 30 Years' War, and probably would have won Nordlingen if he'd survived.
Such an interesting period of history.
I wish I knew the playlist they use for these videos epic music!
Please make a new video about Tamerlan
Will you talk about the franco-spanish war after the 30 years' war is over?
At this point we could also ask for the five wars initiated by Louis 14's policy ^^
@@iagosevatar4865 Wasn't he in a regency?
@@giakichanpan4022 Yes he was : 30yrs War and Franco-spanish war were started during his father reign, so he isn't responsible for those ones. Later when he was an adult with full political power he launched 5 wars until the end of his reign : War of devolution, War of Holland, War of the réunions, War of aubsbourg League and War of spanish succession.
@@iagosevatar4865 The war of the Spanish succession was actually launched by the grand alliance, not by Louis XIV.
Hi can you make a video about this "furia francese" :D it's a very cool and badass way the french army got his nickname
They stole it from the Germans and Spanish :p Furor Teutonicus was used in regards to the Cimbri by the Latin writers :-)
@@KingsandGenerals was it? i though Maciavelli called the french army like that after the "trip" the french made in italy during the first italians war
@@lysimaquetokmok6755 I am joking
Music was too loud during some parts of the video and it was really difficult to follow the narrative.
Please guys, put that accent on "Condé"; I'm sensing a lot of animosity towards me here...
Not related.
:D
@@KingsandGenerals Heheheh, keep up your wonderful work, you're the best!
What mod he used in this video?
Gunner that shot Mercy hit level 100 that day & retired
What game are you using for the footage of the soldiers?
I presume y'all use the med 2 mod 1648 or a pike and shot mod for attila total war?
Condé was the spiritual ancestor of the soon to be legend LEROOOOOOY JEEENKINNNNNNS.
Mercy: ^w^
*They have delivered themselves into our hands!*
Conde or supa hot fire get it🤣:
*Yeet* Bom bam ban batabatum pow
French:
*Ooooooohhhhh*
dam everytime i think of this battle i can only say: 🍀 Luck is vital🍀
What TW mod are they using for B roll?
In all of history, has French Fury been more help or hindrance?
I have read the stats claiming that they have the best winning record in Europe, so...
Unpopular opinion : Conde was a good commander
So... no Mercy for the Austrians?
Yeah, yeah, I am leaving.
Things I haven't learned in history classes. Mercy got stream snipped while making history.
@GoodGirlKate Napoleon won't let the Austrians have fried onions for lunch.
Au pas camarades Au pas camarades
Au pas Au pas Au pas (4×)
@@mozan4469 classic total war general dying to stray rounds
@@Shadow.24772 I still remember rage quitting my campaign because my general was shot in the back by a stray shot from my own artillery
I was thinking the same thing as OP.
*The Death of Mercy* sounds awesome!
Man, conde is flowing with protagonist power, meanwhile mercy got offed for plot convenience
Turenne: We should properly prepare for the battle and have an adequete plan.
Conde: VIVE LA FRANCE! CHARGE!
French fury has stayed a military doctrine until the great war
The heroic French bravery
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Actually, on that time they cried "Vive le Roi!"
@@alexandrebenoin40 Charging your entire army into the enemy is stupidity, not bravery.
Turenne : Lets attack with strategy and not french fury
Conde: Lerooyyyyyy Jenkinssss
DAM IT I THOUGH OF THIS MEME TOO !!! xD
This comment is too perfect to be real.
*Good defensive enemy position on sight*
Everyone: Conde no!
Conde: Conde yeeeeeess!!!
Yep, after reading his biography, i can say it sums up most of his military life.
Turenne: Different battle, same result, eh best buddy?
@@iagosevatar4865 is it a book on Conde? I’d love to know the name
Conde did go through a lot but he would have had stayed his later life in prison until and unless his old rival turenne came to save him.
Mercy: *BITCHSLAP!* Conde no.
The Virgin 30 years war generals: NOOOOO! we can just charge directly at the enemy, we're all gonna die
Conde: haha, army go zoom
Enemy is in a good defensible position
Any commander with good strategy sense: lets take a methodical approach
Condee: Run that shit back
Classic french arogance they never learned from nicopolis
One of the greater mistake of the french military doctrine until the great war
Mais tous les généraux et théoriciens de mon merveilleux pays n'était pas comme ça
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@@alexandrebenoin40 It is surprising how such big nation can have literaly only one good general in whole history and somehow still exists.
Damn Conde won by shear luck.
Well, that and the fact that he had Turenne, Greyso, and their troops with him.
I can imagine that canon squad leader being like: ''watch me takeout the enemy commanding general with a well placed shot, we have to make up for Conde' strategies somehow. aim 23 degrees north-east and put the elevation 43'' and fire
*takes out enemy general and wins crucial battle* *squad mates can't believe they made the shot*
@CyberPunker00 exactly!
God must've loved him, since his peers certainly aren't, what's with that kind of luck
Even Swedes had DLC in the 17th Century! No pay, no play! 💶🤷🏼♂️👋🏻
I can see where Paradox gets it from now
Hmm. Yes, the French élan in usual deployment.
I swear my history books keep mentioning Condé as a great general, but I am seriously disliking him.
Why??
He was nothing too special, excellent but not revolutionary great, but i don't see any reason to hate him
It helps when you got the french treasury behind you. You just buy more troops to replace the ones you wasted.
Yeah, I feel that Turenne didn’t get the credit he deserved. The whole battle would be lost if wasn't for him
@@Fredrikschou true
I agree. From any reasonable stand point, anyone can see that Condé was incompetent and caused many unnecessary French losses.
Conde was so reckless.
No kidding. He is considered one of the best commanders of this war, but I really dislike his style
@@KingsandGenerals He was lucky his army was as brave and daring. Any lower moral army would not have followed his lead in battle.
@@KingsandGenerals I guess the Historians stating that haven't seen your Video on the Battle of Freiburg ;)
@@wingedhussar4219 He forced his army to march through a desert for no good reason.
@@Crytica. Alexander forced his army to march through the desert to punish them for their insubordination in his conquest, the troops wanted to go home, and Alexander had to listen to them or risk mutiny. Given how self-centered he was, Alexander was more or less furious about having to accept and retreat back to Macedonia, and he subtly use the march through the desert to punish his troops.
Turenne : Enemy is well entrenched, we need a cunning plan here.
Condé : LEEEEERRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOY JENKIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNS
Sadly, less and less young men will get the reference by time passes by ...
@@iagosevatar4865
Only us intellectuals will remember it
@@iagosevatar4865 Come to think about it, it's 15 years old now. It's impressive that we not just still remember, but still making references to it. So many other memes are entirely dead now. Who remembers O rly?
Well that is a cunning plan indeed. No-one will expect that Condé will use the same strategy he used 18 times before that!
@@Pikkabuu So true
Conde: "My powers have doubled since we last met"
Von Mercy: "Good. Twice the pride, double the fall"
Early modern Europe can never have simple wars.
As opposed to those simple wars in....?
@ Matthew McNeany , Europe wouldn’t be where it’s today without the Great Mongolian Empire 🇲🇳
...fair point.
@ Nicholas Walsh , Who are you talking to exactly?
@@matthewmcneany Well, Napoleonic wars were pretty simple compared to previous wars. It was pretty much Europe against Napoleon and his politics. Also, most battles had a decisive outcome that forced a nation to surrender or bear a very heavy disadvantage.
Battle of Nordlingen should be called battle of disobedience.
Lol
First I heard "Battle of Nerdlingen."
@@Taistelukalkkuna yeah, same
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!
I guess the other generals had their own plans
France: we will protect the catholic religion!
After five seconds: Austria is in the war my protestant friend?
Yeah, the religious portion of the conflict was over in the 30s
Ooo lietuvis mėgstantis istorija!!
Soooo true : realpolitik 300 years before it existed.
@@haroldasbutkus5235 ir ko noret jei tu ziuri tai reiskiasi ir tu lietuvis megstantis istorija tai reiskiasi kad be emociju drauge lietuvi
@@KingsandGenerals Indeed. Even the Swedes weren't really into it for religious reasons. Gustavus Adolfus once said that if the war really was about religion for him, he would have declared war on the pope. :o
I have never heared of Mercy before but he seemed great not eager for personal glory in leading a heroic but sacrificial charge, searching for a good terrain and using it to youre advantage clearly is the better approach.
Its a shame that he was killed without getting the reputation of Tilly, Wallenstein or Thorstenson. By keeping the French busy for two years he may have saved the empire from total defeat
Oh Condé my brave countryman, you seriously need to stop rushing into battles and start making plans.
Il vous aurait fait fouetter pour lui avoir dit ça XD Cela dit, vous avez mille fois raison.
I want a total war series game set in this time period, i love me some cannons
I would love that!
Napoleon and shogun 2 have some solid cannons/rockets in there shoot in shogun 2 you can take control of em
Empire total war?
@@mattep74 yehp...that's pretty much Empire and Napoleon total war. Those two games may not be set in the 1600's, but they do have the muskets, the cannons, and the ships. All you can want in a gunpowder era warfare sim, as far as I can tell.
Empire Total War is really bad. Napoleon is better, but I feel the UI pretty bad when compared to the new Total Wars. Shogun 2, however, is a masterpiece.
I’d like to imagine the French cannoneers screwed up and missed their original target only to hit Mercy by accident 😂
Well, the cannons of the era were notoriously inaccurate, so who knows :-)
*Curb your enthusiasm starts playing*
it was most likely that. Not even the most intoxicated gunner could dream of making a long-range shot against an enemy commander behind fortifications.
"You idiot, you overshot that one!"
Task failed successfully.
It's sad that Mercy died that fast, otherwise he would have been a well known commander. (Even I as a Bavarian have never heard of him before watching this series; In History classes in school we mostly talked about Tilly and Wallenstein only)
In France it's the same for Condé and Turenne. I don't know how it is in Germany but in France we don't learn ancient wars too much in school. If you asked a casual student about the seven or the thirty years War he would answer you he had never heard of these conflicts before... We mostly learn the modern History.
@@nekhlioudovbolkonsky2901 How about Napoleon? Just curious.
@@robhara7911 Sadly for the culture and the patriotism of the country, Napoléon is less and less considered as a symbol of national pride. Most of the people whom the historical culture is low have a Bad opinion of him and consider him as crual and tyranic as Hitler or Staline. In school, we take one month to learn Napoléon's History in middle school and we don't learn his History in High School. I don't know your opinion about this, but, I think Napoléon can be considered a bit betterly than Hitler. I mean, he was ambitious and his overconfidence brought Him to make mistakes (In Spain by designating his brother as a King and in Russia by his overconfidence in his huge army). But he never made a genocide and most of his campaigns were meant to defend France.
I don't know how it's like in the other nations. I'd like to know your opinion about the teach of History at school. Shall we teach to the students mostly the National History of a country with an objective point of view (Talking about national Heroes without falling in the trap of Propaganda...). Or shall we teach the History of the most influencial countries or events in the World ?
I Hope my English is not too Bad. I wish you the best in those dark Times.
Love from Normandy
@@nekhlioudovbolkonsky2901 Bonaparte was really a nightmare for Europe. I mean, it's true that he deserves to be a hero for France, but the rest of Europe has good reason to dislike him. Especially the English...
@@nekhlioudovbolkonsky2901 interesting. He was a good general. As a Turkish I like him.
Man I really liked Mercy's reliable and consistent leadership, while it lacks the moments of sheer brilliance and swiftness like those of Turrene and Conde (that is not to say that Mercy lacked any boldness), it is relentless and in the end wins
If only mercy had survived.
Indeed, Mercy was reliable and steady!
Tragic that such talent was lost with his death. Turenne and Condé went on to illustrious careers after the Thirty Years' War, with Montecuccoli as their Imperial counterpart. If Mercy had survived he and Montecuccoli could have worked together against the two Frenchmen, which could potentially have changed the outcome of the conflicts that followed the Thirty Years' War.
@@1987MartinT With "What If", so much could have been changed in history down to the last detail.
@@1987MartinT
What-ifs are cheap and successful leaders were not necessarily always welcome in the Imperial camp - especially if they were intelligent enough to understand that a clear victory for either side would be unlikely and prolonged warfare only prolonged the devastation of the lands.
You could just as well ask "What if Wallenstein had still been around?" If his desire to come to agreements with various parties had not been seen as treason but as wisdom, the war might have been over by 1645.
Mercy was the Austrian Arthur Wellesley.
Who would win?
A competent Bavarian commander who commands more or less the second largest army in Germany that managed to defeat the French several times
Or
A random cannon taking a random shot at the enemy's general direction
Today is a Friday and your comment has 13 likes😱😱
Liked even before watching the main video!
Ditto
Same! I always do.
Thats what we all do.
Same Here! Always!
Me too
Amazing how they still have ducats to buy mercs and manpower without the nobility rebelling against you
Imagine estate management in the Holy Roman Empire at this point in history. What a nightmare. That Imperial Authority is going to be crashing fast.
This was the era when state stewardship of the commons permitted martial largesse.
Eu4 reference?
Their funds almost came from their Spanish family, who have plenty of silver from the Americas.
@@Normacly Both sides retained gigantic losses though.
Great video!, I thought the French were going to lose due to Conde didn't expect the turn around
You have to remember, "30 Years War".
Any time somebody looks like their winning, expect them to suffer a major defeat.
Neither the Bavarians did
Conde: "I guess you could say..."
Conde stands up slowly, puts his sunglasses on, and looks off into the distance.
Conde: "... snatched victory from the jaws of defeat."
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Excellent video ! Once you finish the 30 years wars I hope you guys continue the timeline and cover the Fronde (French Civil War). We can see Condé vs Turenne battles, and finish the tale of rivarly these two commanders and the rise of Louis XIV and France as a superpower.
It's so weird to see that the Swedes were a major military force to be reckoned with back in the day.
Yeah, you can say that they had a bite
Poland was a great power, Sweden was a great power, Golden horde was a great power, Ottoman empire was a great power. And in between all of them was RUSSIA. Lesson : if you want to keep your status of great power, don't border Russia.
@@fuser312 Also if you want to keep your status of great power, don't become communist.
@@fuser312 don't forget Spain too
medieval life seemed very simple: farming, warfare; lot of handicraft work inbetween in cities and winters... produce food, tools and war equipment. Only highest elite eg in france did other things like culture, play tennis, science.
In Náchod(Town in North-Eastern Bohemia) we have replica of a cannon which swedish army used to shell my home town. The replica is next to church on main square called : Masarykovo náměstí(Masaryk's square. Masaryk was our first president.)
Every war in Civilization is a remake of the 30 years war.
Lol, lots of dead, besieging cities, and rushing to replace the unit or increase the number, mostly raw recruit, like treat our armies as meat into grinder
Were those 30.000 transylvanians commanded by a Von Carstein?
Sadly not many of us will get the reference :(
Mercy was, along with Turenne, Conde, Adolphus, and Torstensson, one of the great commanders of the Thirty Years' War. I think he would have taken this battle for the Empire, had he not been smited.
Yep, it is funny how all the plans go out of the window as soon as the battle starts.
Me : Boring in this lockdown.
Kings and Generals : we have solution.
Thanks for being with us, stay safe!
You are still in lockdown?? Which country ?
@Jojo Momo that's a bit of an over generalisation. I'm in Eastern Europe, there's no more lockdown here, just basic measures like having to wear a mask to enter stores.
@@171Mirza If you are American like myself, considering there is no vaccine and everywhere that has reopened has seen dramatic rises in Coronavirus cases with conservative estimates of another 100k(on top of the 117k dead so far) people dying from Harvard... Just because a lockdown is over doesn't mean you should live your normal life. People are stupid and don't social distance, wear masks/gloves, etc so be careful.
@@Schmidty1 here in Bosnia we are completely and fully back to normal and everything is alright :)
Conde: Sasageyo
Much love to all European brethren but I am Swedish so for this scenario, in particular, I am rooting for the French.
same but i am not swedish nor french but i am rooting for the swedes because i am a protestant christian
30 years' war starterpack:
Brilliant commander's unexpected death ✅
German town pillaged ✅
No real logical motivation for fighting ✅
Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory ✅
"A fluke cannon ball changed the fortunes of battle"
I've had Total War games like that. Still recall a stray catapult of mine killing the Egyptian general in a Rome 1 TW battle that tipped the balance for me.
Specially in Napoleon total war lol
He didn't even say Merci for that cannon ball...
hon hon hon!
Turenne: ok guys, we have a plan. Be careful during the attack and make sure of not taking too much los...
Condè: LEEEEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOY JENKIIIIIIIINS
I hope you make more documentaries of the wars of Louis XIV, just because I want to see more of Condé, he's hilarious.
Yep, more planned!
18:40 and Conde being the brave french prince de sang that he was of course survived this encounter...
mercy is such an underrated commander. without him or with him alive for longer the war might have a pretty different timeframe in its name
UK being under french rule and british commonwealth speaking french nowadays?
Just got home from work pouring a shot and this little baby pops up. IMPERATOR
Aw the little things in life...
I would absolutely love a video on the ethnic/national composition of the armies of this period (Scots in the swedish army, Irish in the Spanish, etc)
The diversity of the professional armies of this period make this era even more interesting
Good idea! There will be an episode on that. At least one.
@@KingsandGenerals this is by far my favorite history channel, thank you for making such high quality videos!
17:38 How is it possible not send a wave of men into the battlefield without reinforcement or support?! Those soldier should have stay and fortified Allerheim and wait until further support or reinforcement! Conde didn't won the battle, it was Turenne who actually led the decisive blow as he knew that Geleen flank was weak compared to the right and center flanks. If I where to be Conde, at least I would have send at least four division of calvary to go behind Allerheim Castle and attack from behind to surprise the Austrian or to force them to retreat into the river. Conde was a terrible leader in my opinion there was so many unfortified position to take the chance to attack with Calvary! He was only lucky! If Mercy was not kill he would have absolutly won this battle with ease as it was easily defend able such position.
Conde was weird. Yet, some of his greatest victories came from this weirdness
Conde needs to chill
Just imagine if the Ottomans would've decided to invade at this point. So many things could've been different
True, but I believe the had their own problems at that point
They did
@@leonzoful What would that be? I can´t be bothered to look it up.
@@StekliCujo The Ottomans fought a long and bloody war against a Christian alliance right before the 30 years war. It was called the "long war" (1593-1606). The war, lead mainly by Austria, cost the Turks dearly and kept them in check for a while. During the 30 years war, Turkey was content with skirmishes at the edges, mainly against Poland. There was no active fighting in the Balkans. One contributing factor was the weakness of the ruling sultans at the time. Mustafa 1 (1613-23) was mad, as was Ibrahim (1640-48). Murad IV (1623-1640) lacked the means and support for a grand offensive in Europe. One reason for this was the fact that he was embroiled in a bloody war with Persia, which kept him occupied for most of his reign. The Ottoman empire was also plagued by frequent Jannisary rebellions. When new blood and more active sultans arrived after 1648, the war was over and the Ottomans missed their chance to push the Austrians back. Soon thereafter, they suffered a disastrous defeat at Vienna (1683), which initiated their slow withdrawal back to Asia. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire
Structurally the Ottomans were probably already too weak to really threaten Central Europe.
What I love about long protracted wars is the fact that everyone seems to forget why they were fighting
The peace treaty was fascinating
From what I know wasn’t a lot of the treaty focused on who got what part of the Holy Roman Empire and who was on top?
@@TyrannosaurusRex5027 yeah, with some fascinating twists
@@KingsandGenerals Sweden not signing it until they got a lot of cash. as in A lot!
Regarding the Siege of Brünn (Brno in Czech), there is a legend that there was an information spreading in the Swedish camp that Torstensson decided to give the siege on last shot and launch the attack from the morning to the noon. This information somehow got to the defenders of Brünn and they decided to ring the bells one hour in advance, since they normally ring at noon (12:00). From that time, all the bells in Brünn are ringing at 11:00, making it the sole city in Czech Republic doing so. Or so the legend says.
The 30 years war would make for an awesome setting for a Total War Saga game. Just way too interesting a time period to ignore. Great video as always
I agree! They can basically take the Empire roster from Warhammer, get rid of the magical units and voila, you have something close to the Thirty Years' War roster.
Mercy was Mercy because he was mercy to the Bavarian army. When he died that went away.
How many battles are won by one person with a lucky shot?
More than should be normal. War is extremely chaotic
"Writing on (whatever we end up calling the 40 year proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran around the turn of the millennium) is incredibly difficult owing to the nature of the conflict"
- Some historian circa. 2400.
hahaha
You may be joking but every word in this sentence will be pure truth.
I have become utterly nervous over this western front. Right after battle of Rocrui I thought, aint no way HRE coming back from that defeat. So General Mercy seemed like finally good answer for French. After Conde risked and lost almost whole center I felt genuily happy that this is gonna be that last check-mate what would turn France out of Germany. But when the narrator said. "Life is chaotic and not without of irony", I knew exactly what happen next. I think this sole win would boost up confidence of Imperials that war is possible to win. Because after this sole problem would be Swedes who were already retreating. There would be no Siege of Prague if this was a win for Imperials. Damnn sole shot changed everything.
As someone who lives in these areas now, it's hard to look at these maps and not think... "...Why are there Swedes running around everywhere??"
Seeing alot of comments about Conde and his antics. That reminds me about of the greatest military commanders of the 17th Century, Prince Eugene of Savoy. It'd be great to do a series on him one day as his military career spanned 30 years.
Great video as always. I love this era and the focus on the Swedish! Feel the power of Sweden in the past has been overlooked at times and it is interesting to learn more on a topic I know little about!
More on the way!
@@KingsandGenerals Excellent! Keep up the good work!
A History of Britain Sweden isn’t overlooked at all thx to sabaton :)