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Siege of Frankfurt

Siege of Frankfurt
King Gustav II Adolph of Sweden became known as the Lion of the North for his impressive victories at the head of Protestant forces during the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). Shown here, his troops lay siege to the German city of Frankfurt, on the Odra River, in 1631.
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