The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) - Every Week 

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Don't forget the Irish Rebels

And France wich is catholic but fight with protestants 😂

@@laptitemusicienne3183 Oh yes, the typical french opportunism during all europpean wars :v. Poor catholic Spain to have him as a neighbourgh

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@@mississippiball1003 Can you just rewatch the video? But anyway here they are 2:30 5:48

foken swedes attacked us right after we got hurt bad fighting on their side

@@thedano-spaniard2204 It wasn't exactly uncalled for if you look at the big picture, the sound toll for example and also the rivalry between Sweden and Denmark, you wouldn't have stood much of a chance even if you didn't join the 30 years war considering Sweden's professional army being one of the best in Europe at the time, in the end tho I'm happy to see that the Denmark-Sweden rivalry still lives on in games such as CS:GO where Sweden once was uncontested nr.1 but Denmark now (from what i last saw from it at least) dominates

@@DaydreamingSwede Being the best at CS:GO is not something to be proud of.

France: allies of the Ottoman empire, "catholic" in name but helped by the infidels, now a new muslim country

@@frostrx5115 fucking france, always betray spain xD, ally of shit, france is like the italians for the germanys

@@ferchulanderful habsburgs and france were old rivals so cant really blame france

@@ferchulanderful Cant blame em, it was a smart move, they crushed their rivals power, religiously and politically, and they were probably the sole reason why Protestantism survived as it did, though only a small portion of their population was protestant, they did have a protestant king.

@@jadenstar1038 France only had many troops to sacrify so whenever there is a war they use them. No need to ask why Revolution came.

they basically had 3 epidemics while fighting with each other and we're here complaining about 1 lol

1400s as well. Because shit went down amd kept going down

2020 Europe basically Vat-2 Catholics, LGBT Prots, Atheists and Muslims

@@ZuoCruz and all of that... garbage has destroyed europe. I mean the things you were talking about

1914 Europe: AMATURES

scotland and ireland: Hello there!

Ottoman and Russia fought because protestants saved enough mana to cast Summon Russia and Summon Ottoman at some point. They also several times casted Summon Dracula, as we can see

Transolvania was a ottoman vassal which was protestant and usually get in trouble with catholics and ottomans have to step up to protect their vassals.

@@tycuygfyfyfh5498 Pretty sure Transylvania was primarily Orthodox at the time, and was pretty much only a vassal due to the fact that it was more beneficial to keep it out of the Ottoman bureaucracy and still reap the benefits of sapping the region of all that it was worth, and making sure they didn't build forts so they could roll in whenever they pleased.

Ottoman and Russian fought just for each other, that's kinda sweet

For a second time

@@ewoutgoet1866 actually third

into a pile of crap (not joking, look it up)

Into a pile of shit

@Poopity Scoop Sure, but the propaganda version is more fun.

And France was a catholic country but fight against Catholics

@@Jean-wx4wh it was a smart political move though.

@@Jean-wx4wh they saved protestantism

what about ottoman transilvanaia

@@goktugyldz574 You mean ' Orthodox ' Transylvania ruled by Hungarian Catholics who were vassal to the Turks ?

Unfortunetelly, in real world they never joined

@Pax Sarmatica Nope, because PLC never joined 30 years war. Educate yourself. Zygmunt III nigdy nie dołączył do wojny, choć chciał. Zablokowała go magnateria. Wysłał jedynie Lisowczyków jako najemników, bo inaczej musiałby ich powywieszać gdy wrócili z Rosji.

@Pax Sarmatica Oh well, Poles are such heroes who go to war with Russia during the revolution and lose to the peasant militia, we know)

@@Genrihovich85 Time of troubles? Poland smashed armies 10 times their times (Klushino) during that conflict, unless you mean the Polish Bolshevik war which the soviets also lost.

@@WWSzar Yes, a troubled time, when the Rurik dynasty died down and the power struggle was on, the Poles wanted to slip their ruler under this business. When the Romanovs came to power, Russia won all the wars before the Bolsheviks arrived. In the battle of Klushinsky, the Poles were not 10 times smaller, but in 4-5, yes, the Polish cavalry won, crushing the infantry, nothing surprising.

Knk avrupa da din ayrılığı olduğu için osmanlı destekledi protestanları.

Yeah, Slovakia was like the most important part of Hungary at the time. Many important cities and most of the gold mines that made the old kingdom wealthy

@@jevinliu4658 6:12 so Transylvania completely lost the potential of annexing all of Slovakia

@@tiffanyhill-anding8891 they were raids most likely

btw arent transylvania is a ottoman vassal? how they just join and out of the war

@@mr.serperior7002 idk but transilvania werent much enforced

The separation of religion was in the interests of the Ottomans, so it supported the protestants.

Ottomans: Merhaba

war about catholics and protestants Russia and Ottomans:looks fun

It's even funnier when you know that at the start of the war, France was (diplomatically) supporting the Hasburgs in their battle against a common enemy. And then Austria decided to benefit from this war to annex parts of Bohemia. The French, already annoyed by the very, very large power of the Hasburgs (who were in control of Austria and the Spanish Empire), decided to help the protestants, paying the Danes to fight, and then the Swedes (that's why you can see both joining the war against the Catholic league and invading Germany). Then, once freed of its internal trouble, France joined the battlefield and teamed up with Sweden to bring an end to this war. By a single political move, Austria doomed itself and forever weakened both its royal dynasty and its religion!

Star wars reference

@@maloflory Sweden was pretty much knocked out of the war when they were all but completely destroyed at the Battle of Nordlingen. The Spanish Tercios overcame the Swedes with ease,even with the so called new advancements from Adolphus LOL.

@@phillip_iv_planetking6354 Speak with facts, not nationalism, please. Lets focus on Nordlingen. The terico is not what won Nordlingen. The Spanish had almost 10 thousand more troops that the Swedish did at the battle, as well as had a better defensive position and favorable terrain. The Spanish had literally every single advantage compared to the Swedes, and pressed those. Furthermore, the event that is considered to have lost the battle was a Swedish blunder, not a Spanish triumph. A cavalry brigade charged prematurely, leaving its gunners expose, and proceed to ignore orders and begin to hunt down the retreating forces. This led Horns unguarded gunners to be confused, and they began firing on the other horse, infantry, and gun regiments that had already moved forward or were closed to the Spanish lines. A majority of the Swedish casualties came from friendly fire and the Spanish attacking forces that were unable to distinguish friend and foe and were attacking said friend and foe, as well as a disorganized army that were all doing their own thing. Was the Spanish leadership wise to see these flaws and press their advantages? Yes. Was the Terico any of these advantages? No. Hell, most of the Spanish casualties were *because* the terico. The terico allowed the Swedish that weren't in complete chaos to fire and do way more casualties to the terico than the terico was able to do back. The terico was even considered by the Spanish leaders to be the weakest part of their forces, given how poorly they perform against the Swedish gun formations. Now onto everything else you said. Was the Swedish army destroyed? No. Was the Swedish army able to rebuild in months and rejoin the war? Yes. Destroying the Swedish army was useful, but they were fightinf an army of mercenaries and more modern soldiers. Sweden had been training more soldiers in the case that this happens, and could hire mercenaries incredibly easily. The losses Sweden suffered were replaceble, and it did nothing to actually impact the war. This is unlike Breitenfeld, in which the Imperials were unable to regain their lost momentum and only got their armies to a similar strength to that of Brietenfeld when combining with their allies, such as the Spanish or Austrians. And your last point... These were innovations. Id like to remind you that well before the end of the war Spain had adapted several of these into their own army, and wer on the cusp of dropping the terico completely and utterly. They spent the entirety of the early fighting against effectively rebellions, who they always outbumbered by a notable amount, and a sea war against England, their rebellions, Swedish, and Italian navies. Come the French phase, and you see Spain engaging in larger scale battles against France and look what happened. France, who used these innovations, pretty much destroyed the Spanish in any notaboe battle they fought in, with all of the exceptions pretty much *always* being because of similar circumstances as Nordlingen; loss of control over armies, fighting offensive battles outnumbered, and the Spanish always taking casualties because, from their generals own mouths, the inferiority of the Terico.

@@user-yh5ls8hk5y Please...... If the Swedes had kept the hilltop it would of ended in disaster for the Spanish-Imperial forces. But,the Tercio not only retook the hill but fought back 15 attacks LOL. Actually it was 8 thousands more not 10. Had every advantage? The Spanish had to retake a hilltop and they did it on their first try..... The Swedish army was all but destroyed. it took them two years to come back not 6 months LOL. What innovations did the Tercio incorporate? Even funnier,the Tercio was not fully replaced until the 1700's...... Well after the 80 year war LOL. You truly know shit. Spain developed Pike and shot because of the Italian wars moron. The French were mopping the floor with them because of their dominance in heavy cavalry. Large scale battles against France? You do know Spain has defeated France many times and in many wars? Hell,the Spanish even captured King Francis I in battle LOL. Yes a unit able to take up to 60% casualty rate and not run is inferior...... Fact is even in Spain's worst it still out did the Swedes.

Dang, that's crazy

So basically living in Europe back then sucked

@@tentthegamer790 it was always sucky. Middle class people today have far far better lives than royalties of the past.

@@Chris-hp9be I'd rather live like shit if I was free of judaism

@@tentthegamer790 historians: do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down

However it’s truly only a legend. In fact, around 500 soldiers with support of the citizens (most sources say 1.000 citizens participated in the defence) managed to defend the city against an army made of nearly 30.000 men for roughly 3 months.

@@David-du4xs yeah, I learned that when I visited Špilberk fortress last week. There is a beautiful painting of that battle, all the pikes and muskets..

I didnt know it, thank you - this siege is worth to remember!

Zdravím moraváka. Bydlím u Brna v Dražovicích!

Ok moravec XDDD

2:51 and 3:53 internet connection

Poland was in war with Russia, isn't?

@@frostrx5115 yeah, I guess we were included becuase we sent some forces to help Austria like for example cutting off the Transylvanians before they could join up with Bohemia and besiege Vienna and so any attavk on us was by extension an attack on the catholics even though we were pretty multicultural at the time. Either way the Russians attacked to take back Smolensk which they'd lost a few years earlier but Poland won and Sweden attacked to get Livonia which they succeeded in because we were occupied with the ottomans but I'm not sure why they attacked.

@@frostrx5115 With Russia, Sweden and the Ottomans

Nah it can’t be the wifi, cuz why else would Hitler try invading a country with poor wifi?!

Don't be so confused. That had happened several times.

The actual russo-ottoman conflict began during the great turkish war. Almost all of europe went to war against the ottomans and that war also marked the first time that russia formally cooperate with the west.

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@Wilson Santos WHAT CURSED WORLD IS THIS?

Better lay out the double bed

Orthodox is nothing but Russian Church, and Islam is nothing but Turkish church.

@@ul-rf4ym Greece, were orthodox church was born. "I am a joke to you?"

​@@ul-rf4ym Blasphemy

what army is that that they saved?

@@willgrainger2767 These men went Across fucking europe, and was saved by the chads in romania

Maybe Germans only lost 7M in WW2, but they murdured 30M more, so WW2 was still destructive

@@666bambucia of course yes, but i'm talking about Germany. The most destructive conflict they had was not the WWII but the thirty years war.

The One True King Is murder the correct term?It was war what did ya expect

@@hx5525 It was an unjustified war so murder is the correct term.

The One True King Murdered 30 million?Sources?

More like the spanish king controlled the habsburg. This move was perfect against spain

The best part was that Catholic France was funding the Protestant Sweden to fight the Catholic Habsburgs on behalf of the Protestant Germans in a religious war. Eventually Catholic France was fighting the Catholic Habsburgs on behalf of the Protestants in Germany while being funded by the Protestant Swedish. It was kinda stupid.

@@LordofTheFallen France isnt known for its pro gamer move. It's always Révolution or war but you know ? We were 3 times more than Englan or Holland and as many and almost as powerfull as Habsburgs (because they had America's gold) so r/woof

Some German states even losed 2/3 of their entire population tho

The swedes and the frenchmen teaming up like the good o'l days

How were Richelieu and the king not excommunicated by the Pope? Up until then, the great risk of breaking Catholic unity was to be excommunicated, which had a profound spiritual impact in a world were religion provided many existential answers for the people. The prospect of dying while excommunicated was still terrifying, as it meant that Heaven was forever shut closed for that person. So being Catholic and a cardinal, how did Richelieu not fear that?

Alvaro Gomez Vivas Probably because if excommunicated they could create a protestant Church of France, in retaliation to the Pope, similar to the Church of England.

@@alvarogomezvivas7844 The pope was not stupid. There were 2 risk. The first, Louis the 14th building a gallic church like in England. The second, french troops came to Rome and bring back the pope in Avignon to keep him and "protect" him.

@@himlingpatrice fair enough. It nevertheless was a cynical decision, no doubt, and I think in other times it would have been inconceivable. But these were not the Middle Ages anymore, so I guess even though these were wars of religion, it was becoming accepted that religion wasn't everything. Plus France had already done similar moves in the past, such as allying themselves with the Ottomans against the Habsburgs , so I guess it did not come as such a huge surprise.

makes me vomit

Perfect resume of the Spanish Empire under Hagsburg dominance. Even so, i still prefer them too the frenchies Borbons anyday.

Spain saw itself as the catholic Empire. Fighting for an allied country, while also fighting protestants was not very controversial in Madrid. When Spain joined the war, nobody knew the scale of the conflict, it looked like a very easy win for the Habsburgs. Similarly a strong Habsburg ruled HRE was in the very interest of Spain, it would come handy in the case of war with France. And that is the same reason why France, who whas fighting her own protestants, joined on the side of the other protestants, to keep the Habsburgs from dominating Europe.

@@Defsould hasburg under rule of spain open a goddammit book

More accurate Spaniards: why this Heresy still alive?

@@Defsould well under habsburg spain had its best time after that is was declining till now

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Nice flag

Is the WWI, WWII, or the 30 years war?

@@anthonyreynolds1995 30 years war

Germany didn't existed the fuck are you talking about. You're like Lvl 0 in history. Know history better. . Germany was created in 1871. It was the holy Roman empire or later Prussia

@@gutsjoestar7450 haha... no... the first German state was created in 843 AD after the treaty of Verdun... Also, I was talking about Germany... you know... the one thta lost the war 100 years ago and 80 years ago...

Are you stupid. I know that. What I'm saying is that during the 30 years war Germany didn't existed. And why are you talking about the old Germany if it wasn't there in the video. Plus another historical error. During the treaty of Verdun in 843 A.D it doesn't created Germany. The purpose of this treaty was to split the Frankish empire of Charlemagne beetwen his grandsons. And it wasn't Germany yet. It was Louis the german's kingdom he was the son of a Frankish dynasty. There is a BIG FUCKING DIFFERENCE. ALSO CALLED EAST FRANCIA. Plus the people living there were German But German was just a ethnic group not a country. The people living in the holy Roman empire (pretending they were roman) were a German ethnic group

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@@CherepashkaShusha это игра такая?

Bruh it's the frickin guy that made the poland vid

​@@germanfan6481He is one of the best mappers

That was terrible...

@Good Boi Yeah, they have tons of natural resources anyway.

It was because of the HRE.

the catholic south got to recover faster than the protestant north.

beaucoup de français protestants sont venus repeupler l'Allemagne après l'édit de Fontainebleau.

Or, like a gamer who keeps winning and then backing out whilst he's ahead, then rejoining to gain some more victories.

France never change is politic (lead by Richelieu) : Fight the Protestant inside the Kingdom and fight the Habsburgs outside so if the Habsburgs fight with catholic France fight with Protestant its like a 17 century Cold War (France was surrounded by them with Spain and HRE)

And the ottoman muslims hate all chirstians but they joined protestant to later besiege vienna

The Ottomans and the Russians though they surrendered when an inch of homeland was taken

While muslim Turks conquered constantinople

@Krzysztof Bartczak Smolensk retaken?

it happened because of the massacre of latinos in may of 1182 ,The pope scummed the participants, but the agitators knew and used it to anger the warriors, if the massacre had not happened years before or the failure to pay the crusaders none of this would have happened. search for it before saying shit.

maybe they remembered, but it was securing the west that were on the Muscovites minds.

Habsburgs: "We already made you King-Elect of Hungary! Why do you keep fighting us!?" Gabriel Bethlen: "Because you're autocrats who oppress Protestants, and they keep forging alliances with me."

Nah it would be boring to learn about catholic protestant battle royale in an Indian textbook

they do? but that also depends on where u are from

France and spain ware rival

it also misses the detail that Sweden was outright FUNDED by France. seriously check the treaty of bärwälde

Thanks!! This is true, but I didn't find information which Habsburg counties were ceded to Transylvania...

@@CherepashkaShusha Borsod, Abaúj, Zemplén, Szabolcs, Bereg, Ugocsa and Szatmár counties. Ung became a Habsburg enclave surrounded by Transylvanian-administered areas.

@@fehervari98 Okay

you know why transylvania kept on leaving and then joining back tho?

@@ashtonhawkins4639 To put it simply, the various Transylvanian princes of the time conducted opportunist strikes against the Habsburgs to gain as much control over Hungary as possible. Whenever the tides seemed to be turning, they always quickly made peace to minimise their losses and attain as much concessions as possible.

No, Habsbourg vs France....A fight that began with the King of France François I against the Empire which surrounded his country and which ended with the victory of France with Louis XIV

@@JRos-qc6kw ça a commencé même avant sous Louis XI après la mort de Charles de téméraire.

They just loved joining anti-Habsburg alliances constantly, ha ha.

Thank you very much!! Сolleague, it is your video about Thirty Year's War has motivated me to make the same. Thanks again!

@@CherepashkaShusha Hey, glad it did! And NP.

Also Transylvania: *Proceeds to somehow take over half of Hungary*

@magyarmem Horváth You're right, It was More!

@magyarmem Horváth I was referring to Habsburg controlled Hungary, which you can clearly see that in the first invasion they took over half of.

@magyarmem Horváth But the part of Hungary they controlled had half of it taken, You can see on the map they made it all the way to Bohemia.

They immediatly started losing territories to the Hapsburgs after they attacked them. They should never been involved.

the boss were spanish and swedish empire in the most of the fronts of the war

well, the ottoman empire had some orthodox people :v

@@SrLx1 some? yk that balkan was full of orthodox people almost

@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775 there were also some muslims and chatolics, and at the time also a lot of jews.

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Thank you very much!!!

Yes i've got butthurt

@@josealpaca356 Why?

The current flag of the Czech republic is just as nicer :)

france was not fighting against catholics, but habsburgs. cuz richelieu and bourbons were enemies of the habsburg dinasty, and france wanted to weak the habsburg supremacy in west europe. richelieu fought against protestants in france, specially against a sect known as the huguenots.

It's even more disturbing when you know that they are basically the only reason the initially under-powered protestant side won. The Danish and Swedish interventions were both initiated and paid for by France, and it's the French armies who relived the pressure on the Swedes that were starting to lose, and finally won the war despite fighting the Spanish too (who were, if I'm not mistaken, almost not involved, as they couldn't reach the battlefield and had to deal with the Dutch [see 80 years war]). Oh, and did I mention that France initially supported Austria in its fight? Richelieu changed his mind when the already very powerful Hasburgs used this war to get control over the rich Bohemian lands. A single bad choice decided the fate of Austria, Spain, the Hasburgs, and Catholicism in Europe as a whole. Let that sink in.

Arc66 They did the best move possible

​@@maloflory how i hate that. France paid for its mistake at the French Revolution: Catholicism was persecuted and the world would never be the same again

More then half of the world relates bro.

Denmark:

What?

It's not really that they joined the catholics but more that Sweden blitzkrieg'ed them without even a declaration of war.

That was the important Facto of Sweden as dominant power of Nord-Eastern Europe

Thank you very much, bro!!

It was basically Spain, like with Castille and Aragon

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@@CherepashkaShusha плюсую!

Thank you very much!! Oh, I had plans to add more colors... But in practice that caused confusion and some colors don't combined between themselves

Thank you!!

@@CherepashkaShusha your welcome ;)

At least they had the best forces, the tercios, but F to economy haha

This wasnt by far the longest war in history

SAPIN HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LMAO SAPIN= LITTLE FROG IN PORTUGUESE HAHAHAHAHAHAMAAOALAMMAOA

@@Lucas-zx9dr In some spanish dialects too

@@happyfriend341 cool

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For Transylvanian invasions of Austria I mainly used articles about rulers of Transylvania :D 1. Gabriel Bethlen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Bethlen 2. George I Rakoczi en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_R%C3%A1k%C3%B3czi

@@CherepashkaShusha Thanks!

It is very likely tbey would have besieged and taken Vienna, however the PLC saved the city once again by joining the war and cutting off transylvanian supply lines and forcing them to retreat (they were going to meet up with protstant bohemian forcez))

In addition, during winter of 1644-5, the Swedish marhsal Lenart Torstenson made agreements with the French armies and with Transylvanian prince Gyorgy Rakoczi to march on Vienna together, and they also sent messages to the protestants of Upper Austria, urging them to rebel, in the hopes of that, with the combined forces of Sweden, France, Transylvania and Upper Austria, they could besiege and capture Vienna together. Unfortunately,:Torstenson was sick throughout his lifetime and retired in late 1645, though the Swedes continued on, and linked up with the Transylvanians, as seen in the video; the French never managed to get their armies even remotely in range of Austria's core; Gyorgy Rakoczi was eventually ordered by the Ottoman sultan, to whom he was vassal of, to stand down and peace out (stupid decision on the Ottomans' part, if you ask me); Upper Austrian support for an anti-Habsburg revolt and/or a march towards Vienna never materialized. Thus, even though the Swedes and Transylvanians advanced pretty close to Vienna, the lack of French and Upper Austrian support rendered an attack in Vienna's direction, and, therefore, a siege of Vienna, not worth the risk.

​@@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642more like they don't whant to be humiliated by one of their vasal

And then France saved it even more.

Napoleon: Am I a joke to you?