A Military History of the Western World: From the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815Funk & Wagnalls, 1954 For contents, see Author Catalog. |
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... gain full command of their scattered lands . Command of the sea was vital to them if they were to prevent the interruption of their trade with the New World and the Indies and to secure their hold over the Netherlands . It was lack of ...
... gain full command of their scattered lands . Command of the sea was vital to them if they were to prevent the interruption of their trade with the New World and the Indies and to secure their hold over the Netherlands . It was lack of ...
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... gain a naval base within , or near the Mediterranean , was the first essential . To fit the strategical situation , Marlborough decided on a two- fold plan . Firstly , while Louis of Baden blocked the defiles of the Black Forest , he ...
... gain a naval base within , or near the Mediterranean , was the first essential . To fit the strategical situation , Marlborough decided on a two- fold plan . Firstly , while Louis of Baden blocked the defiles of the Black Forest , he ...
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... gain command of the Indian seas , the latter stood at a permanent disadvantage . Incidentally , this disadvantage encompassed all French colonial adventures ; for France , a continental power , could not simultaneously be supreme in ...
... gain command of the Indian seas , the latter stood at a permanent disadvantage . Incidentally , this disadvantage encompassed all French colonial adventures ; for France , a continental power , could not simultaneously be supreme in ...
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The rivalry between England and Spain I | 1 |
The defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588 | 8 |
The Armada Campaign 1588 | 33 |
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