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The Spanish Armada
Why did the Spanish Armada fail?Quote:
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It's certainly interesting. Divine providence? (the freak weather) Or did the English command simply out maneuver them? |
It's because they weren't American, obviously.
Personally, I think the English outmaneuvered them because the Spanish greatly underestimated them, and therefore did not put effort. You don't try as hard if you think you can easily do something. |
Didn't Elizabeth I ride up on a horse and give a speech or something? That's what Cate Blanchett did in the film at least...
Seriously, though, these periods of English history are complete blurs. That I learnt about this in school when I was only 8-years-old meant that I can remember Elizabeth I being a redheaded virgin who probably had numerous affairs during her time on the throne. I went to a Catholic school, so Bloody Mary was always held in higher regard! |
Actually, I believe it was a lack of communication. The Spanish were supposed to get backup near France, but that backup never arrived.
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Well, if I can remember anything from what I studied last year (which is unlikely) then the weather was what did for most of the Spanish fleet. The english sailors outmaneuvered them a little by largely keeping out of range (the Spanish wanted to get up close and board with grappling hooks so that they could use their much bigger army) and the use of the fireships certainly disrupted the impenetrable crescent formation - but none of the spanish ships were actually set on fire, most just sailed off madly and ran agroung, collided or wrecked. Most were still in one piece by the time they started heading north to circle around britain, but the weather around the northern scottish coast ruined them completely.
So yeah, a little bit of tactics from Drake and Howard, but they basically just warded off the fleet and left them to the weather rather than just destroying them. Probably didn't help that the Spanish commander was so useless that he suffered from seasickness |
The Spaniards weren't too smart. That's why they lost. What I read was that the Brits sent burning ships the size of small boats into the Armada. The Armada started to burn down and the rest headed for the western coast of England. The Brits chased them until they were eventually defeated.
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Oh. I forgot to read that. |
There was a tailwind that favored the English. And I think England strategized somehow.
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