Comments by "Johnny Pickles" (@johnnypickles5256) on "Drachinifel"
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@mamacojackson9019 no they didnt mate and they won the most important too , and in the end the spanish empire crumbled . Don't forget the peninsular war where we had to bail Spain out,or even conquering your own land ,Gibraltar. To add to that the 9 year war ,the 80 year war ,the quadruple alliance, napoleonic wars ,jamaica, menorca twice , philipines,la habana ,portuguese independence etc etc
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@mamacojackson9019 slightly irrelevant ,every empire has got shorter as time has past. What you seem to forget is in that period Spain was the super power but still couldnt defeat england or the british . Youre not saying anything New when you say everyone went against Spain, Spain persisted with an empire relying on state and church ,others were economic empires with companies doing the running. Spain's way was becoming obsolete in a changing world and it failed to adapt . Britain lost its empire because it fought for causes ,which weren't always theirs . The two world wars and its fight against slavery took its toll and its empire ,the way it stood ,wasn't feasible anymore anyway .however it changed into a financial empire which kept it alive for a while longer .Spain died in the xix century and never found a way back .As its customary ,empires never last ,they ascend then fade away. There's a documentary on the second british empire, its called the spiders Web ,it explains how Britain turned an unviable territorial empire into a financial one .Worth a watch https://youtu.be/cmQK1n-iBFY?si=JlrOEBb2e_Sdz-ZE
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@mamacojackson9019 80 years war ,29 battles just there ,9 year war , jamaica, trinidad philipines ,Gibraltar, numerous times ,menorca twice, quadruple alliance war , napoleonic war ,remember trafalgar ? And at sea there's a huge list of spanish losses , and even was the empire may I remind you . Not sure why you leave yourself wide open, never mind ...
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