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The document provides background information on the Thirty Years War, which began as a civil war in Bohemia and Germany over religious policy. While the German conflict was initially resolved in 1635, the interests of foreign powers like Sweden and France prolonged the fighting. The period from 1440-1690 saw a transition from feudal armies to modern regular forces relying on firearms. The first half of the war saw the eclipse of the Spanish-style "tercio" system by the Swedish linear system. In the later ph

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Sorin Ghinescu

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