The Spanish Armada

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In 1588 Catholic Phillip II of Spain built a huge fleet of warships, to carry an ivasion army to the shores of Protastant England, in a "Holy War". The smaller English Navy, composed mainly of Pirates/Privateers like Admirals Sir Walter Raleigh, Francis Drake, and Charles Howard, hid in a harbour, and after the Spainish fleet passed, snuck up behind them. In the resulting battle, Many English ships were heavily damaged, but none sank. The Spanish crestant formation was too hard to break, so Drake sent in six fireships at night. Many Spanish ships were either sank of badly damaged by the surprise attack, and the following Day Drake and Howard led their quadrens into battle. The English's faster ships easily beat the Spanish ones out of formation, which had scattered to avoid the fireships. After a bloodthursty battle, the Spanish Admiral ordered a retreat, taking what was left of his fleet up around Scotland. Half of what was left was sank of the coast of Irlend by storms.

Song is called "Lions of the Sea" I think.... could be wrong
Clips mostly from Elizabeth: The golden Age, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of The World

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• Francis Drake
• Charles Howard
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• Holy War

[JodMeg2010]

Would you be able to email me some of these videos for my history project?

[nooo8oooo]

@JodMeg2010 I don't have the files anymore, but you could try youtubing this scene (battle scene from Elizabeth the Golden Age) and downloading them from youtube. That is where I got the files in the first place : ) Hope your project goes well!

[angelignacioalvarez]

SPANISH ARMADA, THE GREAT ARMADA OF ALL HISTORY

[El7IncA]

@iarusso tu mismo lo has dicho no hay que comparar Espana con italia. italia fue parte del Imperio Español...El Imperio mas grande en historia de la humanidad...ahora Un soldado español peleaba por su pais, un soldado romano peleaba por dinero!, España fue la Unica que conquisto AMERICA...si Colon hubiera sido italiano, entonces todos en latinoamerica hablariamos italiano, pero el fue ESPAñOL no entiendes eso?...ahora sino me equivoco España economicamente esta mejor que italia, por la mafia!.

[6U4RD1AN]

@zytigon Well, since Spain won that war, that should prove it was, no?

[zytigon]

Whose side is God on, he can't decide? no ones ? Phillip II thought God would be on his side but the Armada failed.The repulse of Spanish naval might gave heart to the Protestant cause across Europe, and the belief that God was behind Protestant cause was shown by striking of commemorative medals that bore the inscription," He blew with His winds, and they were scattered". But the U.S. in 1776 thought God was with Washington against Britain. Everyone claims God's on their side.

[aguichris]

@abartiaigis que?

[aguichris]

@belac0r92 pero que era la mayoria de la populacion?

[belac0r92]

@aguichris

Error, Colon nació en Cerdeña (actualmente Italia). Pero en el siglo XV la isla de Cerdeña pertenecía a la corona de Aragón (España) por tanto, los reyes católicos eran sus reyes naturales como así lo admitía en sus escritos.

[aguichris]

@El7IncA colon no era espanol el represento a espana ya que nadie mas lo soportaba en su expedicion de encontrar una ruta a china y el fue nacido en italia

[cillantro]

Great Britain used privateers(state sponsered pirates)in the 16/17th century to have a foothold in the new world and also to conduct raids on all the spanish gold goin from the americas to cadiz!Back then nobody dared to attack spanish ships by flying their ow c ountry's flag!The author Michael Crichton(RIP)wrote a book all about one of these lawless island towns called port royale in the book pirate latitudes(although its plot is fiction,its setting is not).Interesting times,our era is too lame