Battle of Jankau
Part of the Thirty Years' War
The Battle of Jankov, Copper engraving
Date February 24, 1645 Location Near Jankov, 50 km southeast of Prague, Bohemia Result Decisive Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden Protestants	Holy Roman Empire Catholic German states
Commanders
Fieldmarshall Lennart Torstenson	General Melchior von Hatzfeldt,Captured
Strength
6,000 infantry 9,000 cavalry 80 guns	5,000 infantry 10,000 cavalry 26 guns
Casualties and losses
1,500 dead, wounded or missing	8,500-9000 dead,wounded or captured

v • d • e Thirty Years' War Pilsen – Sablat – Wisternitz – White Mountain – Bergen-op-Zoom – Wiesloch – Wimpfen – Höchst – Fleurus – Stadtlohn – Breda – Dessau Bridge – Lutter am Barenberge – Groenlo – Stralsund – Wolgast – Frankfurt – Magdeburg – Werben – 1st Breitenfeld – Rain – Fürth – Alte Veste – Lützen – Oldendorf – Nördlingen – Wittstock – Rheinfelden – Breisach – Chemnitz – The Downs – La Marfée – Honnecourt – 2nd Breitenfeld – Rocroi – Tuttlingen – Freiburg – Jüterbog – Jankau – Hulst – Mergentheim – 2nd Nördlingen – Zusmarshausen – Lens – Prague

The Battle of Jankau or Jankov, one of the bloodiest of the Thirty Years' War, was fought on 24 February 1645 in southern Bohemia, some 50 km SSE of Prague, between the army of Sweden and that of the Holy Roman Empire.

The battle proved a decisive Swedish victory, which was largely due to the personal command skills of Lennart Torstensson, and the tactical skill and maneuverability of the Swedish artillery.

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