139. The Thirty Years' War in Sixty Minutes

139. The Thirty Years' War in Sixty Minutes

We have finally reached the entrance of Sweden and Gustav Adolf into the Thirty Years' War, a conflict that will change Europe forever. But in order to cover it properly in the future, we're going to quickly run through the entire war in one episode... Quickly being a relative term for us on Flatpack!

As we know some of you will be interested, some of our sources for this episode include:

  • For God or the Devil, by Zachary Twamley
  • Gustavus Adolphus, Sweden and the 30 Years War, by Lars Ericsson Wolke
  • Axel Oxenstierna, by Gunnar Wetterberg
  • Trettioåriga Kriget, by Dick Harrison
  • Svenska Krig 1521-1814, by Ulf Sundberg

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