6 March 1645

War & Conflict

Battle of Jankau

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The Battle of Jankau, took place on 6 March 1645 during the later stages of the Thirty Years' War, near Jankov in Bohemia (today the Czech Republic). It featured Swedish and Imperial armies, each containing around 16,000 men. The more mobile and better led Swedes under Lennart Torstensson effectively destroyed their opponents, commanded by Melchior von Hatzfeldt.

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Old copper engraving of the Battle of JankovUnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Bitva u Jankova (Hugo Schüllinger, 1893)Hugo SchüllingerCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Kurtze aber doch warhafftige Beschreibung und Abbildung dess sehr harten und blutigen Treffens welches verwichnen 24. Februarij Anno 1645 in Böhmen bey Janckaw zwischen der Käiserlichen LCCN2016647021Hauslab, Franz, 1798-1883, DLC, collectorPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Památník bitvy u Jankova 1645BíláVránaCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Památník bitvy u Jankova nad Jankovem (Q66566339) 01adminCC0Wikimedia Commons
Památník padlým v bitvě u Jankova v Bedřichovicích (Q65522695) 03adminCC0Wikimedia Commons
Pomník Bitvy u JankovaKraj blanických rytířůCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Spruner-Menke Handatlas 1880 Karte 44 Nebenkarte 12Heinrich Theodor Menke / Karl Spruner von MertzPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Jean, baron de Wert (bgw17 0615)Benjamin GavaudoPublic domainWikimedia Commons

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