Major conflict1634
Battle of Nordlingen (1634)
Nordlingen · Swabia
Estimated casualties
12K – 18Kestimated dead
Swedish-German losses ~12,000-14,000 (incl. ~4,000 prisoners); Imperial-Spanish ~1,200-3,500. Combined ~12,000-17,500.
SOURCEWikipedia / Wilson, Europe's Tragedy
On 5-6 September 1634 a combined Imperial-Spanish army crushed the Swedish-German Protestant army at Nordlingen, ending Swedish dominance in southern Germany and prompting France's open entry into the Thirty Years' War.
Belligerents2
- Holy Roman Empire
- Sweden
ON THE MAPHoly Roman EmpireSwedish Empire
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Nordlingen (1634)
- Peter H. Wilson, Europe's Tragedy
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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