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Battle of Nördlingen, Sweden's only significant military defeat of the war, pro-Swedish sentiment among the German states faded. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Swedish armies may have destroyed up to 2,000 castles, 18,000 villages and 1,500 towns in Germany, one third of all German towns.<unk> Swedish armies may have destroyed up to 2,000 castles, 18,000 villages and 1,500 towns in Germany, one third of all German towns.