The Thirty Years War: Causes, Issues, Or Results

The Thirty Years War: Causes, Issues, or Results

The Thirty Years War was a series of European battles from 1618 to 1648, fought primarily in Germany. The Thirty Years war was one of the most devastating wars of the early modern periods. Ever since the Peace of Westphalia ended The Thirty Years ' War, the balance of political power among the countries of Europe has changed. In this paper I will show the main causes issues and results that came from the Thirty Years War.
The Thirty Years War began as a religious war between the German Roman Catholics and Protestants. This war soon developed into a political contest because Austrian Hapsburg rulers of the Roman Empire sought to expand in their control over Europe. The war
The Hapsburgs looked as if they were succeeding in centralization until France and the Swedish armies led by Gustavus Adolphus went to war with the Hapsburgs. The Swedish army had many advantages over the Hapsburgs. In the first stages of the war, the portable cannon were used victoriously to have a crushing effect at the first battle of Breitenfeld in 1631 (Bonney, 28). The focus of Gustavus Adolphus when at war was to expand his army. He recruited prisoners to fight, his main tactic to weaken the opposing army by taking away and securing the food supplies (Bonney, 70). In the battle of Jankow in 1945 the imperialists blamed their defeat on the Swedish artillery superiority that outnumbered them 60:28 (Bonney, 28). The Swedish army had one of the best artillery during that time and some of the most skilled trained soldiers. The French on the other hand confronted the Spanish in the lower countries since it was unrealistic for them to seek winter quarters in Bohemia. The armies the French fought in Germany were small with low-grade cavalries. The German armies had limited resources and ammunition which helped account for the French
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