The Later Thirty Years War

Continuing where the author left off in Battles of the Thirty Years War this companion volume details the military aspects of the final years of this important early modern conflict. Whereas the earlier half of the war was dominated by a few climactic battles (White Mountain Lutter Breitenfeld and Nordlingen) the later period consisted of a more drawn-out struggle between more evenly matched opponents. The successful general had to conduct strategic campaigns in which battles sieges maneuvers and logistics would all play a part. Guthrie examines broad questions of strategy leadership armaments organization logistics and war finances.Battles detailed in this volume include the Swedish victories of Wittstock 2nd Breitenfeld and Jankow; the French victories of Rheinfelden Rocroi Freiburg and 2nd Nordlingen; as well as the anticlimactic action of Zusmarhausen. Guthrie emphasizes the unique aspects of the Thirty Years War its place in the evolution of warfare and weapons and the adjustment of the actual waging of war to the rise of the nascent linear system. Based on research previously unavailable in English each campaign is recreated in detail including orders of battle tactics and maps.