Comments by "Jorge O" (@jorgeo4483) on "Dan Davis History"
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@kevwhufc8640 Well, the loss, more than the defeat of our Great and Most Happy Armada (that was its name, not Invincible) was an accumulation of misfortunes. Yes, it should have been commanded by Alvaro de Bazán instead of the Duque of Medina Sidonia, who had never suffered a defeat and had defeated the English, French and Ottomans, but had just died.
Philip II was just before your king, of England and Ireland, it is something you missed, I'm sorry.
The Navy had to meet the Tercios of Flanders in the Channel since it had almost no men or weapons, that was another reason. The barges that instigated the rearguard by setting fire to the ships did more than the warships, which took a good toll on the Spanish although they were half unarmed as I have said, having to surround all the Islands in the middle of storms that were not common even then so strong did the rest. One of the allies also did not appear.
If they had managed to arm themselves it would not have been difficult to land in Southampton for example or even London and then there would be no rival for Los Tercios.
The purpose was never to invade Britain, but to expel Elizabeth I as a heretic queen of England.
Even so, Spain won that war favorably with the Treaty of London.
Then Drake's Great Navy, larger than that of Spain, would crash against us in all the ports and confrontations, being annihilated.
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@kevwhufc8640 Uhm?
You still don't have an exact idea. All of America was Spain, except for a small part of present-day Brazil, which later also inherited Spain along with all the Portuguese possessions in Africa, India, China and Portugal itself, half of Europe, we discovered Australia and Papua New Guinea 200 years before Cook although we do not claim it. We even had a commercial and religious colony in Japan with the permission of its emperor. Philippines, Guam, Mariana Islands in the Pacific.
All of that, except for two protectorates, were provinces of Spain, their citizens were Spanish, they were not colonies.
Only a few sales were made, such as La Florida to France (still waiting for the money) or Las Marianas to Germany. Spanish cessions or resignations were made to the United States in times when we had more serious problems to face.
The USA obtained 65% of the territory of Mexico in its war after its independence and we had to cede other territories to them in a treasonous war of false flag, which began the empire of the United States of Overseas, generally based on military pressure and creation of bases, following the "Monroe Doctrine", since when they were a nation they no longer had anything to distribute around the world.
By the way, San Francisco is still called San Francisco or "Frisco", like when we Spaniards founded it, you have songs by Scott McKenzie, Chris Isaak, among others. And it wouldn't be the USA if Spain hadn't kept Russia away from Alaska and California, which was very attractive to them.
Nor would the USA be independent if it weren't for Spain, even if they paid us so badly.
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@kevwhufc8640 Ok, you have a good attitude to learning. Most of what we studied in my time was much more demanding than now. In most countries, more emphasis was placed on technical subjects, in Spain or Italy the humanistic subjects were fundamental, because they teach you to understand human beings and their works from the bottom of things. That's why at the age of 7 here you learned in a good school all the capitals of the world or the capitals of the 50 States of the USA, main cities and geographical features, the majority of Spaniards of my generation know more history or literature, philosophy, geography, etc. . than the inhabitants of other countries about their own. I studied the entire history of the United Kingdom, the USA, Russia, etc. We necessarily read Hamlet or King Lear at school.
For a Spaniard it is a matter of principles to defend our history. Think that for centuries and until today we have not only had to fight against all the powers practically alone, but also against the Black Legend, invented by the Italians, English, Dutch and French.
You are right, we are the oldest nation in Europe and with an impressive and very unknown history.
Since you are with Rome, also read about Trajan, Hispanic, with him Rome reached its maximum extension, Hadrian, Hispanic as well, one of the five emperors considered good or Theodosius, also Hispanic, with whom the Universal Roman Empire ended and Christianity began. , declared official.
I had to translate The Gallic Wars from Latin when I was 14 years old.
And yes, the Cid was a real character, there are some facts that are somewhat exaggerated and others with an importance that could not be predicted at the time, but he was a great warrior, to the point that the Muslims themselves left writings about him.
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@kevwhufc8640 No, you are not right, it was Méjico who lost California, Tejas, Nevada, Utah, Nuevo Méjico, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming, not Spain. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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