Prussian campaign (1626–1629)
Campaign in Prussia during the Polish-Swedish War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Prussian campaign (1626–1629) was a Swedish invasion of Ducal Prussia during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629). Despite initial success, the campaign became a war of attrition[2] and was inconclusive.[3][4]
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Prussian campaign | |||||||||
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Part of the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) | |||||||||
Ducal Prussia | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Swedish Empire |
Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Holy Roman Empire[lower-alpha 1][1] Brandenburg-Prussia[lower-alpha 2] Danzig | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Gustavus Adolphus Carl Gyllenhielm Axel Oxenstierna Dietrich von Falkenberg Lennart Torstensson Johan Banér Jindřich Matyáš Thurn # Maximillian Teuffel Johan Streiff Herman Wrangel Nils Stiernsköld † |
Sigismund III Vasa Stanisław Koniecpolski Arend Dickmann † George William Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
Initial landing force 11,500 1,209 cavalry 29 warships 31 smaller vessels 81 transport vessels 1627 21,000 1628 31,000 1629 At least 6,000-8,000 |
Initial force 10,000-11,000 1627 17,000 1628 Presumably smaller than the Swedish force 1629 At least 7,000 16,000 Imperial troops | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Heavy | Heavy |
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