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Lack of unity on both sides, soon drew in outside powers and the war became a struggle for European dominance. In this short book, Gardiner describes the famous battles and the daring generals: Mansfeld and Wallenstein, Tilly and Gustavus Adolphus, Bernard and Turenne. While, behind the scenes, working through secret subsidies and wily diplomacy, frail, indomitable Cardinal Richelieu gained control of crucial supply lines, crippling Austria and Spain, and setting the stage for the golden age of France.<br /><br />Featured on Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 1.<br /><br />Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/76216042</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 10:01:03 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/76216042/thirty_years_war_1618_1648_samuel_rawson_gardiner.mp3" length="228671521" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:txt purpose="ai-content">true</podcast:txt><itunes:author>Archibald Forbes</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner.

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While, behind the scenes, working through secret subsidies and wily diplomacy, frail, indomitable Cardinal Richelieu gained control of crucial supply lines, crippling Austria and Spain, and setting the stage for the golden age of France.<br /><br />Featured on Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 1.<br /><br />Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).<br /><br />This episode includes AI-generated content.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>28556</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0c6e975d85aa6dcac48e9db292315478.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War-G. A. Henty</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/on-the-irrawaddy-a-story-of-the-first-burmese-war-g-a-henty--74403191</link><description><![CDATA[The First Anglo–Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Central Asia between the United Kingdom and Russia, and also marked one of the worst setbacks inflicted on British power in the region after the consolidation of British Raj by the East India Company. 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