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| conflict = The California Crisis
| conflict = The California Crisis
| partof =
| partof =
| image = Battle of Lutzen.jpg
| image = compound.jpeg
| alt =
| alt =
| image_size = 300px
| image_size = 300px
| caption = The '' '''Battle of Lützen''' '' by [[Carl Wahlbom]] shows the death of King [[Gustavus Adolphus]] on 16 November 1632.
| caption = Californian soldier patrols the outside of the Bakersfield Compound on 1 March 1993
| date = 26 February 1993 - 3 March 1993
| date = 26 February 1993 - 3 March 1993
| place = California
| place = California
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| combatant1 = Heick Government
| combatant1 = Heick Government
| combatant2 = Wyoming<br/>Nevada<br/>Oregon
| combatant2 = Wyoming<br/>Nevada<br/>Oregon
| commander1 = Bob Heick<br/>
| commander1 = {{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} [[Gustavus Adolphus]]{{KIA}}<br/>{{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} [[Dodo zu Innhausen und Knyphausen|Dodo von Knyphausen]]<br/>{{Flagicon|Electorate of Saxony}} [[Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar]]<br/>{{flagicon|Sweden|1562}} [[Robert Munro, 18th Baron of Foulis]]
Boyd Rice
| commander2 = {{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} [[Albrecht von Wallenstein]]<br/>{{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} [[Heinrich Holk]]<br/>{{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} [[Gottfried zu Pappenheim|Count Gottfried zu Pappenheim]]{{DOW}}
| commander2 = Dick Cheney<br/>
| strength1 = 12,800 infantry<br />6,200 cavalry<br />60 guns
Jim Gibbons<br/>
| strength2 = 10,000 infantry<br />7,000 cavalry, plus 3,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry on arrival<br />24 guns
Denny Smith
| casualties1 = 3,400 dead and 1,600 wounded or missing
| strength1 = 17,620
| casualties2 = Probably about the same as Swedish casualties{{fakeref|1}}
| strength2 = 27,310
| casualties1 = 3,000 killed in the Battle of Bakersfield (Majority of Californian army did not see combat throughout the conflict)
| casualties2 = 2,100 killed
}}
}}
== Background ==
== Background ==