PPT-Breitenfeld

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September 17 1631 Strategic Context In 1618 war breaks out when Ferdinand II King of Bohemia attempts to enforce strict Catholicism on Bohemia a state of the Holy

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September 17 1631 Strategic Context In 1618 war breaks out when Ferdinand II King of Bohemia attempts to enforce strict Catholicism on Bohemia a state of the Holy Roman Empire What begins as a localized conflict between Protestants and Catholics within Bohemia steadily widens into fullscale warfare across Europe as Ferdinand ascends to Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire By 1629 the Protestant forces of France Holland the Palatinate and HesseKessel confront the CatholicImperialist forces of the Holy Roman Empire Spain Bavaria and Savoy In 1630 Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden enters the war on the side of the Protestants and lands in northern Germany The Imperialist commander in the region Johann Tscerclaes Count of Tilly invades Saxony as a precautionary measure to ensure it does not ally with the Swedes However Johann Georg Elector of Saxony fears the Swedes more and quickly combines forces with them The combined SwedishSaxon army confronts the Imperialist army near Breitenfeld.

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