IOTL, During the Polish-Swedish War of 1626-29, Swedish king Gustav II Adolf, at a battle at Trzciana or Honigsfeld, was almost killed by a Cossack cavalryman while retreating from a Polish charge. He was saved at the last moment by a Swedish officer who shot the enemy. Thus, Gustav would live to fight another day, and prove his worth in Germany some two years later.
But what if Gustav II Adolf had been killed that day?
-What are the overall effects of this on the Polish-Swedish War? Could Sigismund III finally re-stake a legitimate claim on the Swedish throne that he long desired?
-Without Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War, will the Habsburgs fare better, perhaps even achieving a victory?
But what if Gustav II Adolf had been killed that day?
-What are the overall effects of this on the Polish-Swedish War? Could Sigismund III finally re-stake a legitimate claim on the Swedish throne that he long desired?
-Without Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War, will the Habsburgs fare better, perhaps even achieving a victory?