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When Gustavus Adolphus became king, he had been left with a very bad army. If he wanted to beat up the Poles and their hussars, he needed a much better cavalry force.

Sources
The Army of Gustavus Adolphus (Vol 2) Osprey Publishing
Trettioåriga Kriget Wolke, Larsson, Villstrand
Gustav II Adolf och hans folk Göte Göransson

0:00 Introduction
4:22 Recruitment
10:01 Equipment
13:29 How good were they really?
15:23 Outro