Three Decades of Tragedy: A History of the Thirty Years War

Welcome back! New mic is here, so we are back in business! Today I cover the second battle of Breitenfeld, and the repercussions of the battle for the diplomacy for the war. The Habsburgs were not in...

18 Jan 202413min

Welcome back to the new year! And with a new year comes a new episode! This time I cover the Battle of Kempen and the Swedish campaign with their new commander, Torstennson. And sorry for the sudden f...

5 Jan 202415min

Welcome back and Merry early Christmas! This week I cover the Battle of Wolfenbuttel and the political consequences of it. This never stayed the same in this war, and the end of 1641 was no different....

6 Dec 20239min

Welcome back and hope my American watchers had a good Thanksgiving! This is week we cover Baner's last campaign and the resulting mutiny, and the way that the imperials tried to take advantage of that...

24 Nov 202310min

Welcome back! This week we cover more widespread changes among the politics of the war, particularly with the imperials. Also add on armies adapting to new conditions of the war, and we can see how ev...

8 Nov 202310min

Welcome back! The war changes it's dynamic as we move into the 1640s, and the beginning of the end of the war. We still have eight years to go, but we still have twists and turns as both sides try to ...

26 Okt 202310min

Welcome back! This week we cover more diplomacy, this time fighting over the command and control over a few independent armies scattered across Germany. They were hotly contested by the two sides of t...

12 Okt 202312min

Welcome back! This week I cover the fall of Breisach, and the aftereffects of the fall of one of the toughest fortresses in Europe. And the rise of a third factions adds to the complication of the dip...

27 Sep 202312min