The Swedish Phase ( ) By: Steven Higgins
Gustavus Adolphus ► Made Sweden into a Baltic Power ► Military genius ► Devout Lutheran
Sweden’s Intervention ► Adolphus’s army defeated the imperial army in northern Germany, and they pushed into the heart of Germany. ► Ferdinand II was forced to recall Albrecht Von Wallenstein. Later assassinated
The Battle of Lützen ► 1632 ► Swedish achieved victory ► Adolphus was killed Swedish army became less effective.
Battle of Nördlingen ► Imperial forces defeated the Swedish. The Swedish were driven out of Southern Germany. Guaranteed that Southern Germany would remain Catholic
The Annulment of the Edict of Restitution ► The Religious Civil War ended in Germany. ► Ferdinand II made peace with the Protestants. ► War entered Franco- Swedish Phase
The End!!!