September 6, 1634 · Swabia Theater
September 6, 1634
A combined Spanish-Imperial army encircled a Swedish-Protestant force near Nördlingen and crushed it completely. The Swedish army in Germany was effectively destroyed: 17,000 killed or captured, including the Swedish commander Gustav Horn. Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar fled with the remnants. Germany lay open to Catholic reconquest.
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