53.3 The Ruin and the Deluge
A History of Europe Key Battles
Carl Rylett
4.5 • 787 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Turmoil in northern and eastern Europe continues with war involving Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Poland-Lithuania and the Ottoman Empire. The Cossacks of Ukraine lose their last hopes for autonomy. The Russians take a big step forwards to establishing themselves permanently upon the Black Sea and also in a position where they can take a closer interest in Central Europe
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| 1:07.4 | This is part three of three on the ruin and the deluge. |
| 1:22.0 | Last week I described the invasion of Poland, Lithuania by the Swedish king, Charles X, |
| 1:30.3 | and also by the Russians under Tsar Alexis, coinciding with a major Cossack rebellion. |
| 1:37.3 | Charles' invasion began well, and soon the newly elected king of Poland, John Casimirimir had lost control of almost all the Commonwealth's territory. However, the Poles began to fight back and Charles's campaign started to unravel. A broad alliance was forming to keep Swedish ambitions in check, which included the Poles, |
| 2:02.6 | Russians, the Dutch, the Holy Roman Emperor, Denmark and Frederick William of Brandenburg. |
| 2:09.6 | The latter was always eager to shake off the shackles imposed by Sweden and now saw his opportunity to switch sides. |
| 2:20.3 | As for the King of Denmark, Frederick III, he was keen to take advantage of Sweden's |
| 2:25.4 | preoccupation in Poland by trying to recover territory lost to the Swedes in the previous decade. |
| 2:32.9 | He gathered one army to strike at Gothenburg and central Sweden, |
| 2:38.2 | and another to take the isolated Swedish enclave of Bremen Verdon. It appeared that Charles |
| 2:47.8 | had bitten off more than he could chew. |
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