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France was already aiding the Protestants long before it directly intervened in the war, being driven by realpolitik to do things like funding the Dutch war effort and inciting Sweden to kickstart its deadly German tour for the sake of undermining (and ideally crippling) the Habsburg adversary.

I don't doubt it. Good call on the PLC. Probably a more natural place for German Catholics to go than France, which has likely played a role in their destruction in the first place. Maybe the influx of refugees could strengthen the Commonwealth to the point where it'll be able to resist any...

Yes, at least I'd imagine the Habsburgs will try very hard to make that the case. They had considerable success in advancing the Counter-Reformation in Hungary & Bohemia, as I said in the OP, and will likely try to repeat that outcome in Germany. Getting to enforce the Edict of Restitution, for...

Historically, besides being extremely brutal and killing off a huge swathe of Germany's population, the Thirty Years' War was infamous for refusing to end as every time it seemed someone was on the verge of victory, they'd either hit a major reverse (ex. Gustav Adolf getting killed at...