In 1632 both sides wielded more than 100,000 men and this year alone saw 5 great battles. They were fought at Bamberg, the river Lech, Steinau, Alte Veste and Lützen. In this video we look at the zenith of the Swedish Intervention in the Thirty Years war, the year 1632.

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