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- Despite an early advantage, Tilly's traditional infantry squares were overwhelmed by the Swedes' flexible linear tactics. Gustavus's victory was the first major Protestant success of the war, and it announced the arrival of Sweden as a power on the European stage.
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Battle of Breitenfeld, (Sept. 17, 1631), the first major Protestant victory of the Thirty Years’ War, in which the army of the Roman Catholic Habsburg emperor Ferdinand II and the Catholic League, under Johan Isaclaes, Graf von Tilly, was destroyed by the Swedish-Saxon army under King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden.
Jun 12, 2006 · The Battle of Breitenfeld, a victory of movement and firepower over weight of formation, has been called the first battle of the modern age, and Gustavus Adolphus has been hailed as the father of modern warfare.
- Don Hollway
Gustavus's victory was the first major Protestant success of the war, and it announced the arrival of Sweden as a power on the European stage. The second battle, on 2 November 1642, ended in another Swedish victory.
Nov 11, 2019 · A history research article discussing the 1631 Battle of Breitenfeld in terms of what led to it, how it occurred, and the impacts of the Swedish victory. Includes links on other resources and...
Aug 1, 2023 · Battle of Breitenfeld, 1631 – The Thirty Years War. The Battle of Breitenfeld is one of the major battles of the Thirty Years’ War, during which the Swedes inflicted a crushing defeat on the Catholic League under the command of the Count of Tilly. This was the first major victory of the Protestants in their war with the Catholics.
The allied victory at Breitenfeld not only altered the course of the Thirty Years War and saved German Protestantism, but it also introduced the world to modern warfare. Tilly’s fortunes steadily declined, and within two decades the tactics he had so gloriously perfected were as dead as the 8,000 corpses he left behind on the melancholy ...
The Battle of Breitenfeld was fought at a crossroads near Breitenfeld approximately 8 km north-west of the walled city of Leipzig on 17 September 1631. It was the Protestants' first major victory of the Thirty Years War. The victory confirmed Sweden's Gustavus Adolphus of the House of Vasa as a great tactical leader and induced many Protestant ...
