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The lecture deals with several questions connected with the Battle of Bílá Hora: Was it really a tragedy for the Czech nation, or just the defeat of a part of the states, only some of which spoke Czech? Was the battle just an accidental collapse, or on the contrary, a logical outcome of the previous campaign? What are the military, psychological and cultural aspects of the conflict? What were the mechanics of the thirty years war? Was the defeated army even Czech? Lt. Col. M.Sc. Otakar Foltyn