Battle of Jankov

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Battle of Jankov

The Battle of Jankov, Copper engraving

Date	February 24, 1645
Location	Near Jankov, 50 km southeast of Prague, Bohemia
Result	Decisive Swedish victory

Belligerents

Sweden

Protestants

Holy Roman Empire

Catholic German states

Commanders

Fieldmarshall Lennart Torstenson

General Melchior von Hatzfeldt,Captured

Strength

6,000 infantry
9,000 cavalry
80 guns

5,000 infantry
10,000 cavalry
26 guns

Casualties and losses

1,500 dead, wounded or missing

8,500-9000 dead,wounded or captured

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Thirty Years' War

Plzeň – Záblati – Dolní Věstonice – White Mountain – Bergen-op-Zoom – Wiesloch – Wimpfen – Höchst – Fleurus – Stadtlohn – Breda – Dessau Bridge – Lutter am Barenberge – Groenlo – Stralsund – Wolgast – Frankfurt – Magdeburg – Werben – 1st Breitenfeld – Rain – Fürth – Alte Veste – Lützen – Oldendorf – Nördlingen – Wittstock – Rheinfelden – Breisach – Chemnitz – The Downs – La Marfée – Honnecourt – 2nd Breitenfeld – Rocroi – Tuttlingen – Freiburg – Jüterbog – Jankov – Hulst – Mergentheim – 2nd Nördlingen – Zusmarshausen – Lens – Prague

The Battle of Jankov (“Jankau”), one of the bloodiest of the Thirty Years' War, was fought on 24 February 1645 in southern Bohemia, some 50 km SSE of Prague, between the army of Sweden and that of the Holy Roman Empire.

The battle proved a decisive Swedish victory, which was largely due to the personal command skills of Lennart Torstensson, and the tactical skill and maneuverability of the Swedish artillery.