Swedish Intervention in the Thirty Years' War
| Swedish Intervention | |||||||||
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| Part of the Thirty Years' War | |||||||||
 Gustav II Adolf leads his army to victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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 Scotland
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 Spanish Empire
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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 Alexander Leslie
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 Maximilian I of Bavaria
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| Strength | |||||||||
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70,600:
Defending Sweden: |
546,000: 50,000 Imperial 150,000 German 300,000 Spanish 26,000 Danish 20,000 Hungarian and Croatian |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 31,518 killed, wounded and captured | 101,094 killed, wounded and captured | ||||||||
Decisive Swedish victory
Swedish Empire
Temporary combat support:
Saxony (1630–1631)
France (1648)
Hesse-Kassel
Limited or non-combat support:
Catholic League and allies:
Holy Roman Empire
Habsburg Empire
Austria
Bavaria
Bohemia
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Croatia
Ellwangen
Hungary
Mainz
Passau Saxony (1635–1648)
Trier
Denmark–Norway
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