Europe's Cataclysm: Thirty Years' War

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In 1618, Europe stands on the cusp of the most destructive war in its history – a thirty-year-long cataclysm that will engulf the continent. Slaughter and rumours of cannibalism will haunt the land. War, starvation, and plague will decimate whole populations.

What started as a regional religious dispute spirals into a widespread, total war. No one will be spared in a conflict that still casts a long shadow across European history to this day.

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From: Epic History

Date: October 31, 2025

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42 thoughts on “Europe’s Cataclysm: Thirty Years’ War”

3:02 Spain and its overseas territories*

looks at map, sees most of Europe and the Mediterranean world conquered by the Ottoman empire
"I know what, let's spend the next 30 years killing fellow Christians!"

Bloody hell! This narrator just said the year, and you already know it's going to be epic! 🙂

2:15 as an HRE nerd, that was a cool transition

@04:18 this is Calcutta, Bohemia is dead

A (outdated) nursery rhyme translated from German:
Cockchafer fly
father is in war
mother is pomerania
pomerania has burned down
cockchafer fly

Maikäfer flieg
der Vater ist im Krieg
die Mutter ist im Pommerland
Pommerland ist abgebrannt
Maikäfer flieg

Smooth transitions for those ads.

What glorious years, though.

The falalalan song was a very nice touch. We got men of culture running this channel.

I would only add that the Thirty Years War crippled the Vatican's secular power and what was left of it was eventually snuffed out by Napoleon and then finally in 1870 when the Papal States army was disbanded. Great video. thanks!