Ku dhammaystir weedha soo socota: Siyaasadda Richelieu waxay ahayd 'joojinta horumarka Isbaanishka', iyo 'ka ilaalinta deriskeeda cadaadiska Isbaanishka'. Iyada oo ilaha Faransiiska ay ku xiran yihiin Talyaaniga, wuxuu gacan ka geystay wada xaajoodka Heshiiskii Altmark ee Sebtember 1629 ee u dhexeeyay Iswiidhan iyo Poland, isagoo sii daayay Gustavus Adolphus si uu ugu biiro dagaalka. Qayb ahaan rabitaan dhab ah si uu u taageero Protestant-ka diintiisa, sida Christian wuxuu sidoo kale doonayay inuu kordhiyo saamiga ganacsiga Baltic ee keenay dakhliga badan ee Sweden. Iyadoo loo adeegsanayo Stralsund sida buundada, bishii Juun 1630 ku dhawaad 18,000 oo ciidan Swedish ah ayaa ku soo degay Duchy of Pomerania. Isla mar ahaantaana, Gustavus wuxuu heshiis la saxiixday Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, isagoo hubinaya danahiisa Pomerania ee ka dhanka ah Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, tartame kale oo Baltic ah oo ku xiran Ferdinand qoys ahaan iyo diin ahaan. Sidaa awgeed, Polishku waxay dareenkooda u jeediyeen Ruushka iyo 1632 ilaa 1634
Dagaalkii Smolensk.