Battle of Zusmarshausen 1648 - Thirty Years' War DOCUMENTARY

Our animated historical documentary series on the Thirty Years' War continues with the aftermath of the battles of Brunn and Nordlingen, as the French and Swedes do their best to break the Habsburg-Bavarian alliance. Ottoman sultan joins in the fun and the campaign in Bavaria culminates at the battles of Zusmarshausen and 2nd Rain in 1648.


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[KingsandGenerals]

"And then the Ottoman sultan basically saved the Habsburg monarchy" sounds unbelievable, and yet... Thing is, unlike other channels, we don't use clickbait titles - we only rely on our dear viewers to share the videos as much as possible. Really tried to end the series on episode #9, but there were too many interesting events.

[Turgon_]

Conde: *Gets ill and leaves*
Literally everyone in the French army: *Breathes a sigh of relief*

[Mamouthomed]

I always keep in mind that all those movement and marching of troop is at the cost of pillaging and of ressources from the local. This makes the whole series
far more dramatic and painful

[ryanthan]

The French in camp: *discusses all types of tactics*
The French in battle: *arranges in baguette formation and smashes the charge button*

[DarkFilmDirector]

Turenne, the real MVP of the war in the end. Dude was beating literally every spam stack that Bavaria, Austria, and Spain was throwing at him.

[thestatistician]

"As someone who did not appreciate Condé's frontal charges", i see what you did there :D

[BeWe]

Imagine being a citizen of Nördlingen and have to see your city getting taken every two years.
In every war but in this one especially it is important to not forget the immense human suffering that was going on parallel to the political game. It was truly horrible, which makes this series and everything about the 30 years war hard to watch honestly.

Though I am still enjoying it of course. Especially the middle parts. I feel like the beginning and the end are relatively well known but everything in between is not, so good job for highlighting that

[florianlecarrour]

If I'm not mistaken, Turenne and Condé fought against each others during the period known as "La Fronde" who was a rebellion from french regional parliament, especially the parisian ones, joined later by some great nobles, including Condé. This period was crucial to understand how Louis XIV see great nobles. It would be also interesting to see the direct confrontation between the two french generals.
Otherwise, great video as usual, very interesting.

[PYRESATVARANASI]

It's amazing how far and wide were Sweden's operations in Germany. Austria and Bohemia are pretty inland in the continent.

[davitsurguladze]

Turrenne had something that many French generals lacked throughout the history - patience and cautiousness. (Aaand wasn't arrogant)

[al-muwaffaq]

Damn I didn't know that the Ottomans basically helped the Habsburgs

[flowinghistory]

Thirty years War is probably the most brutal war in Europe before WWI. Even though it has an intriguing and fascinating plot, people are not very familiar with it in general. I really appreciate the video and hope for more about the topic.

[MartinT]

Yes! Montecuccoli appears! He's one of my favorite 17th century commanders.

[vx]

Another fascinating and very well-made episode from the K&G guys! Truly world class - thank you!

[yoloswagtron]

This is one of those wars that even after watching all these vids, I'm still not even sure what they were really fighting for. Wonder if these soldiers felt the same.

[NaYangKoM]

FUN FACT : The Thirty Years War was actually fought from,
23 May 1618 – 15 May 1648
(29 years, 11 months, 3 weeks, and 1 day)

[AdamNoizer]

3:40 *Congratulations Ibrahim, you played yourself.*

[papazoulou]

Aaaah, Turenne vs Montecuccoli. This will prove interesting in the future.

[haythem]

turrene is maybe the best general that France had at that time and also one of the best who participated in the 30 years war

[antoinemonks]

Man, this series has been going more than a year. I'll have to rewatch it all when the last episode comes out; which I'm super excited for 'cause I live in Prague:)