Regional1642

Battle of Breitenfeld

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Germany

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Breitenfeld (1642), part of the Thirty Years War. Sweden defeated Holy Roman Empire.

Belligerents2

Sweden
Holy Roman Empire

ON THE MAPSwedish EmpireHoly Roman Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFThirty Years' War

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Breitenfeld (1642). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-breitenfeld · Sources & methodology