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[deleted] t1_ja6wsq3 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 7:54 AM

Reply to comment by demostravius2 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

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demostravius2 t1_ja6x2ix wrote on February 27, 2023 at 7:57 AM

It was an invasion force, they were not sailing over for scones.

A large invasion force landing would have opened a beachhead, allowing more troops to be shipped over from the Netherlands.

Buttered_Turtle t1_ja763km wrote on February 27, 2023 at 10:07 AM

Quite commonly known that’s what it was about

the_dudeNI t1_ja7oqk1 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 1:39 PM

Read a book.