The Battle of Wittstock was fought on 4 October 1636, near Wittstock in northern Germany, during the Thirty Years' War. A Swedish army commanded jointly by Johan Banér and Alexander Leslie won a decisive a combined Imperial - Saxon army, led by Count Melchior von Hatzfeld and John George I, Elector of Saxony .

History of Europe - European War, Germany, 1635-45: This partial settlement of the issues behind the war led many in Germany to look forward to a general peace. Certainly the exhaustion of many areas of the empire was a powerful incentive to end the war.

Pressure grew on Olivares to make peace, especially after French and Swedish gains in Germany cut the Spanish Road, forcing Madrid to resupply their armies in Flanders by sea. Attempts to re-assert maritime control ended when the Dutch fleet under Maarten Tromp won a significant victory over the Spanish at the Downs in October 1639.

Battle of Wittstock, (Oct. 4, 1636), military engagement of the Thirty Years’ War, the greatest victory of the Swedish general Johan Banér, pupil of Gustavus II Adolphus. The battle took place at a time when the Swedish army in Germany desperately needed a victory to improve the prospects of the Protestant cause after the overwhelming defeat ...

Mar 13, 2025 · Near the beginning of the Thirty Years’ War in 1625, King Christian IV of Denmark saw an opportunity to gain valuable territory in Germany to balance his earlier loss of Baltic provinces to Sweden. But Christian was defeated, and the Peace of Lübeck in 1629 finished Denmark as a European power.

They ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire, closing a calamitous period of European history that killed approximately eight million people.

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This paper examines the conflicting reports surrounding the Swedish victory at the Battle of Wittstock in 1636, set against the backdrop of the Thirty Years' War. It analyzes the political ramifications of the battle and its significance for various powers involved, particularly focusing on how different narratives emerged from the event and ...

This article reviews a the historiography of the battle of Wittstock in October 1636. It then adds in additional reports on the battle from two of the three senior commanders on the victorious side and evaluates how these both overturn the historical orthodoxy concerning the event and bring a totally new understanding of the events of that day.

The article examines the Battle of Wittstock in 1636, focusing on the conflicting reports surrounding the Swedish victory in Germany. Through an analysis of historical documents and narratives, the authors explore the complexities of war reporting and the implications of these conflicting accounts on the understanding of the event.