pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place

Thirty Years' War - a series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics staring in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain

Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990