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Anto Walsh captained one of the Swedish ships that supplied the

first garrison of Swedish troops into the city of Stralzand. This, of course, is all a lie.

But if you would like me to lie about you, head on over to Patreon. More on that later, but for

now, enjoy episode 38 of the Thirty Years' War.

Hello and welcome history, friends, patrons all to the Thirty Years' War.

So last time we saw the creeping domination of the Holy Roman Empire by Wallenstein continue apace.

He smashed the Danish king and this really served as his high point.

The Hussberg supremacy was far from perfect, though.

Strausand, that unassuming city on the Baltic coast, was the underestimated obstacle that

bamboozled Wallenstein throughout the tenure of the siege in the summer of 1628.

This was a knock to the confidence of Housburg progress, but at the time, it was just inconsequential enough

for the emperor to be able to mostly ignore it. The more important result of Strasund was the

bridgehead in Germany that it granted the king of Sweden, and over the next few episodes,

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