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Battle of Breitenfeld 1631 marked the emergence of Sweden as a great power and the triumph of the new Swedish flexible linear tactics over the old massive infantry formations that had long dominated European warfare.

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📢 Narrated by David McCallion

🎼 Music:
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Filmstro

📚 Sources
Richard Brzezinski – The Army of Gustavus Adolphus Volume 1: Infantry
Richard Brzezinski – The Army of Gustavus Adolphus Volume 2: Cavalry
Henrik O. Lunde – The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower, 1611-1721
Lars Erikson Wolke – Gustavus Adolphus, Sweden, and the Thirty Years War, 1630-1632
Russell Frank Wreighley – The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo

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35 Comments

  1. FATHER OF MODERN WARFARE REALLY HHHHHHHH HE'S NOT,,,OTTOMAN ARE THE WARFARE MODERN THE WAY THEY USED SHIPS ON LAND TO TAKE LAST ROMAN EMPIRE CAPITAL NO ONE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT TAKING SHIPS ON LAND TO TAKE DOWN A CITY THAT NO ONE EVER TOOK DOWN,,,,THAT'S WAT YOU CALL FATHER AND MOTHER OF MODERN WARFARE,,,,,

  2. Great video as well, had ancestors who fought in the 30 years war. Though I am unsure wether they fought at this battle, luckily atleast one of them made it back safely to Sweden.

  3. Is there a way to find out who writes the Script of these videos? What makes History Marche so amazing is the well written prose in its scripts comlared to other historical edutainers.😊

  4. 17:57 There weren't any shakos hats worn at that time, much less napoleonic style military uniforms. If you're going to put that much effort into making animations, at least bother to use the correct time period images!

  5. 72 year old Tilly riding around Germany conducting warfare against the 37 year old Swedish King in a age where the average lifespan was 30-35 years old in Europe, Tilly must have been a physical phenomenon, Imagine waking up in a tent in a muddy feild at that age and ride a horse all day. Its not all about tactics and firepower.

  6. You could almost say Gustav is like a Caesar or napoleon. Very fast 💨 and manoeuvrable units with overwhelming firepower in the case of napoleon. But Caesar or napoleon would go for the throat and attack. Gustav seems to use his manoeuvre ability to form gun lines and blast the attack off the field. Very similar with a different way of getting the killing blow

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