Siege of Stralsund (1628)

Siege of Stralsund (1628)

The Siege of Stralsund was a siege laid on Stralsund by Albrecht von Wallenstein's Imperial Army during the Thirty Years' War, from May to 4 August 1628. Stralsund was aided by Denmark and Sweden, with considerable Scottish participation. The siege ended Wallenstein's series of victories, and contributed to his downfall.^[4] The Swedish garrison in Stralsund was the first on German soil in history.^[5] The battle marked the de facto entrance of Sweden into the war.^[3]

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