Continuing where the author left off in Battles of the Thirty Years
War, this companion volume details the military aspects of the
final years of this important early modern conflict. Whereas the
earlier half of the war was dominated by a few climactic battles
(White Mountain, Lutter, Breitenfeld, and Nordlingen), the later
period consisted of a more drawn-out struggle between more evenly
matched opponents. The successful general had to conduct strategic
campaigns, in which battles, sieges, maneuvers, and logistics would
all play a part. Guthrie examines broad questions of strategy,
leadership, armaments, organization, logistics, and war finances.
Battles detailed in this volume include the Swedish victories of
Wittstock, 2nd Breitenfeld, and Jankow; the French victories of
Rheinfelden, Rocroi, Freiburg, and 2nd Nordlingen; as well as the
anticlimactic action of Zusmarhausen. Guthrie emphasizes the unique
aspects of the Thirty Years War, its place in the evolution of
warfare and weapons, and the adjustment of the actual waging of war
to the rise of the nascent linear system. Based on research
previously unavailable in English, each campaign is recreated in
detail, including orders of battle, tactics, and maps.
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