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smalltowngrappler t1_ituzzx2 wrote

Reply to comment by 24benson in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_

That was most likely German mercenaries under Swedish pay actually, only around 10% of the Swedish army were Swedes/Finns. So your own countrymen were probably the ones pillaging, raping, torturing and murdering their fellow Germans.

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24benson t1_itv18qc wrote

Doesn't make it better for Gustav Adolf, does it?

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smalltowngrappler t1_itv7jo1 wrote

I mean he died like two years into the involvement of the Swedish army and they stayed involved for 16 years after that so more than likley it was the commanders after him that might have perpetrated it.

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