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When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

WDF 25.85: SPECIAL= The 30 Years War Part Fourteen: 1642-1645

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

Phd, International Relations, Korean War, European History, 17th Century, 18th Century, Politics, 20th Century, Thirty Years' War, History, 19th Century, War, First World War

4.8773 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2014

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Nobody told them that Westphalia was due to be signed in a few short years, so there's still plenty going on! Spain continues to shrivel up, while France desperately goes it alone thanks to Swedish preocupation with... well I won't spoil the surprise, you should just know that France and Sweden came a little bit prepared thanks to their requests to ____ to join in the war. Well you can't expect me to give it all away can you? Just listen! And thanksssssSSSSSSSSSRemember history friends, you can help this podcast and ensure that this is where history thrives! Support us by going to www.patreon.com/WhenDiplomacyFailsFollow me on Twitter @wdfpodcastAnd visit our official website www.wdfpodcast.com Get bonus content on Patreon

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0:00.0

Imagine winning £15 million on Christmas Day.

0:05.5

The £15 million lotto jackpot must be won on Christmas Day.

0:10.7

There's still time to get in the draw.

0:13.1

Lotto, will you be the next millionaire?

0:16.1

The National Lottery, rules and procedures apply.

0:18.5

Players must be 18 or over.

0:28.5

Thank you. lottery, rules of procedures apply, players must be 18 or over. While writing out alone about my business, I could not but smile out to God in praises,

0:34.0

an assurance of victory because God would, by things that are not, bring to not things that are.

0:40.4

Oliver Cromwell.

0:57.0

Oh,

0:59.0

Oh,

1:00.0

Jesus

1:02.0

every Archduke Leopold was beginning a long career, which would involve a governorship of the Spanish Netherlands.

1:36.3

But at this stage all he could do was withdraw further south.

1:41.3

After losing the Second Battle of Brightonfeld, in October 1642 to Leonard

1:46.5

Torstensen, the Swedish commander in the Holy Roman Empire, the Swedes appeared poised to

1:51.8

threaten the Empire's very existence, as Gustavus had done 11 years before. Unlike Gustavus though, Torstinson could rely on the full military support of France, who had

2:06.1

been at war with Spain since 1635 and the Holy Roman Empire since 1636.

2:12.9

At this stage, French focus centered on the Spanish Netherlands and in aiding the rebels of Catalonia, whose rebellion we cored in the last episode.

2:20.3

By 1642, the French occupation of Catalonia in the northeast of Spain was almost total.

2:26.3

And Philip Vorth himself had even marched out at the head of an army that year to Barcelona, its capital, in an attempt to rally the populace within the

2:34.7

city to the side of their king.

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