 Kutevera Mutemo Wokudzorera wakapiwa naMambo Ferdinand II panguva iyo iye neCatholic League vakanga vabudirira zvikuru muhondo muna 1629, chiPurotesitendi muUmambo Hutsvene hweRoma chakanga chava kutyisidzirwa zvakakomba. Muna July 1630, Mambo Gustav II Adolf wokuSweden akaenda kuDuchy of Pomerania kuti anobatsira vaPurotesitendi vokuGermany. Kunyange zvazvo akaurayiwa muhondo paLützen, kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweLeipzig, mauto eSweden akawana rukundo rwakati kurwisa vavengi vawo veKaturike. Zvisinei, kukundwa kwakakomba paNördlingen muna 1634 kwakatyisidzira kupfuurira kwokubatanidzwa kweSweden muhondo. Somuuyo, Mambo akaita rugare navavengi vake veGermany muRugare rwePrague - chaizvoizvo achibvisa Mutemo weKudzorera - nepo France yakananga kupindira kuzorwa naye kudzivisa umambo hweHabsburg kuwana simba rakawanda pamuganhu wayo wokumabvazuva. 