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 | |||||||||
Swedish Empire |
Catholic League and allies: |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Gustav II Adolf † |
Albrecht von Wallenstein |
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Strength | |||||||||
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
Cologne
Croatia
Ellwangen
Hungary
Mainz
Passau
Saxony (1635–1648)
Trier
Denmark–Norway