"Charles XI's war Scanian War 1675-1679" Topic

for next winter…

CHARLES XI's WAR
The Scanian War between Sweden and Denmark 1675-1679

Helion and Company
15th December 2018 Paperback 248mm x 180mm 124 pages extensive map section, 16pp colour section
180 ills total including 14 colour artworks, 7 b/w artworks, 159 b/w & colour drawings, maps, prints, paintings and photos

The book describes and analyses the Scanian War, which was fought from 1675 to 1679 between, on one side, primarily Brandenburg and Denmark–Norway and, on the other, Sweden. The war was mainly fought in Scania, the former Danish lands along the border with Sweden, and in northern Germany. The Danish objective was to retrieve Scania which, a generation earlier, had been captured by Sweden and ceded by Denmark. However, the Danish invasion of Scania was defeated by the young Swedish King Charles XI. Although the Danish fleet was victorious at sea, and an alliance headed by Brandenburg defeated the Swedes in Germany, the subsequent peace negotiations resulted in no major territorial changes. Danish partisans continued guerrilla operations in Scania for years, yet the former Danish territories remained in Swedish hands. The Scanian War was bloody, even by contemporary standards, and from a military point of view, quite inconclusive. Yet, Sweden's experiences in the Scanian War laid the foundation for the first substantial reform of the Swedish army since the Thirty Years' War. Based on what he had learnt, King Charles XI restructured the Swedish army and established a comprehensive military system that enabled Sweden to repeatedly mobilise trained armies during the even more devastating Great Northern War (1700-1721) which followed a generation later. Moreover, several recent archaeological excavations have increased our knowledge of the Scanian War, as well as the conditions of late seventeenth-century battles. The book describes the war and its results, and summarises the archaeological findings.

This would be a welcome addition to the library.

Definitely want this. Hope the publishing date holds true.

Might slip a month or two, but I am happy to wait. Helion are putting out some really interesting books for this period.

It seems that the book will not be avalaible for next Christmas as suggested by the initial publication date but april 2019 according to Charles Singleton from Helion & Company

thanks all for the very positive feedback- I can confirm the book will be out I hope before Salute in April next year.

The Century of the Soldier series will be publishing books on the battles of Cheriton, Killiecrankie, Roundaway Down, the 2nd Anglo- Dutch War, the Cretan War and the siege of Narva in 1704. Also expect a book on the armies and enemies of Louise XIV too.

We have a scheduled 15 books out in the series next year
best wishes
Charles Singleton
Editor, Century of the Soldier

An impressive list of titles! Any info on when the Cretan War book will be published? Always looking for more info n the Ottomans…

Bruno Mugnai's Cretan War will be going to the printers shortly.

for the Ottomans, a further volume will be dedicated to them in Bruno Mugnai's mini-serie Armies of 1660-1690 in 2020 (and an other in the sister serie "From Reason to Revolution" for the Napoloeonic era)

for this thread, it is confirmed, The Scanian War on approach at HELION early APRIL

Sergey Shamenkov's artwork

available,
an evidence on the right in London

Have just completed this book and it is excellent. It is far and away the best single book in English. Has lengthy descriptions of the Battles of Lund and Landskrona, with good discussions of the tactics used by the combatants. Orders of battle for all the major field actions, including Fehrbellin. If you are at all interested in this war you should buy it. I say this as someone who has been collecting info on this war for more than two decades.

Can't buy it, can't afford to get inspired and start a new project!