Muroid t1_ja6mcbb wrote
Reply to comment by No-Owl9201 in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
History is written by the people who were writing history in the language that you speak.
No-Owl9201 t1_ja6n83e wrote
Yes that's a much better version, but no doubt they saw that by glorifying these triumphs they could impress all those held captive by the slowly disintegrating British Empire..
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