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  1. The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA is a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church for men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces and their dependents.

  2. The league gave the Swedes a forward base in southwest Germany from which to continue offensive operations against the Catholic League’s Imperial armies. The Protestants’ new leader was German noble Bernhard Saxe-Weimar, an aggressive but arrogant commander who had fought admirably under Gustavus.

  3. The Habsburgs led a Catholic League, supported by powerful Catholic princes, while Frederick of the Palatinate, a German Calvinist prince, led the Protestant League against the forces of the emperor. From 1620 – 1629, Catholic forces won a series of major victories against the Protestants.

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  5. Feb 24, 2023 · One of the most significant military leaders of the Catholic League was Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, who led the League's forces from 1610 to 1632. His tactics and brutality in battle earned him a fearsome reputation, making him a powerful weapon for the Catholic League.

  6. The Catholic League was a coalition of Catholic states of the Holy Roman Empire formed 10 July 1609. While initially formed as a confederation to act politically to negotiate issues vis-à-vis the Protestant Union, modelled on the more intransigent ultra-Catholic French Catholic League (1576), it was subsequently concluded as a military ...

  7. After the Protestant Reformation, these independent states became divided between Catholic and Protestant rulership, giving rise to conflict. The Peace of Augsburg (1555), signed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, ended the war between German Lutherans and Catholics.

  8. Apr 30, 2024 · Johann Tserclaes, count von Tilly was an outstanding general who was the principal commander of the Catholic League in Germany during the Thirty Years’ War. Educated by Jesuits, Tilly gained military experience in the Spanish Army of Flanders fighting the Dutch. In 1594 he joined the army of Holy.

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