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Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada

2024-01-01 21:24:05

The cold and rough night of Elizabeth I and the Spanish invincible fleet was too familiar to British. The plan of King Philip II of Spain is formed to overthrow Queen I of the British Queen Elizabeth and to release the world from the British "heathen" 1 This is a story of fraud, misjudgment and bad plan . The king's dream has turned into a nightmare for his country. Spaniards have bad leaders, but Britons have good leaders. The Spaniards have large and slow boats, but British ships are small and fast.

The Spanish invincible fleet departed from Spain in July 1588. The mission of the Spanish invincible fleet was to defeat Protestant England led by Queen Elizabeth I. The Spanish invincible fleet was an expensive disaster for the Spaniards, but for the British it was a famous victory for Sir Francis Drake. I will influence even more heroes, even Christmas celebrations than he! In the Elizabeth era, Spain dominated the so-called Spain's Netherlands. This includes the modern Netherlands and Belgium. In particular, the Netherlands want independence. They do not like to be regarded as Catholics; in fact, the concept of Protestantism has settled in the Netherlands and many people in the Netherlands are secret Protestants. When they publicly express Protestant beliefs, their lives are at risk. Spain used a religious secret police called the Inquisition to drive away Protestantism. But during the reign of Elizabeth, the UK has helped the Netherlands Protestant in the Netherlands.

Philip II of Spain married Elizabeth 's sister, Mary I and the most powerful Roman Catholic king. In 1588, the Spanish invincible fleet, 130 ships, 8000 crew members and 18,000 soldiers departed from Spain to help invade Britain and overthrow Protestant Queen Elizabeth I. On July 29, the British fleet was seriously injured and destroyed the 'invincible fleet' in a decisive Gravelines fight. Five vessels in Spain were lost and many ships were hit hard. This led to the retreat of the invincible fleet and beat the purpose of supporting the invasion of the UK by the Netherlands governor of the Netherlands. The defeat of the British Spain invincible fleet is considered to be one of the biggest military victories in Britain history. Elizabeth 's leadership in emergency has been widely praised and her victory against the Spanish invincible fleet is one of her most famous achievements.