Second and Third Spanish Armadas - Early Modern History

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Kings and Generals explores the lesser-known chapters of the Anglo-Spanish War from 1585 to 1604 in this captivating historical journey. Dive into the aftermath of the English Counter-Armada of 1589, uncover daring exploits in the Netherlands, and witness the epic showdowns in the Atlantic. From the daring raid on Breda to the legendary stand of the 'Revenge' at Flores Island, each episode unfolds a tale of valor and tragedy.
Join us as we recount the events of 1596, where intrigue at the court of Philip II leads to the sack of Cadiz by Admiral Lord Howard. The repercussions echo in the ill-fated Second Armada of October 1596, a calamity known as ARMADAgeddon. Discover the Islands Voyage of 1597, as Robert Devereux and Walter Raleigh set out to intercept the Spanish treasure fleet, only to face a formidable foe in General Juan Gutiérrez de Garibay.
The saga continues with the Third Armada in the late summer of 1597, a final attempt to conquer England. Fan-favorite commanders like Martín de Padilla and Juan del Aguila take the stage in a dramatic narrative of storms, hurricanes, and the relentless forces of nature thwarting Spanish ambitions.
Immerse yourself in this forgotten era of history, where the clash between England and Spain unfolds beyond the famous 1588 Armada, revealing untold stories of courage, strategy, and the unpredictable whims of the seas.
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00:00 Intro
02:22 Aftermath of the English Armada
05:54 Battle of Cadiz
09:23 Second Spanish Armada - October 1596
13:03 Islands voyage - Raids on Azores and Terciera
15:38 Third Spanish Armada
Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: www.epidemicsound.com
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@KingsandGenerals 4 ай бұрын

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@simarrosaurio 4 ай бұрын

As a spaniard I am deeply amazed by this! Most spanish people do not know these events, thank you very much for your hard work!!

@officeandbusiness8056 4 ай бұрын

a country tends not to flaunt its defeats

@CBM1979 4 ай бұрын

Ni de sus barbaries en sus colonias...@@officeandbusiness8056

@CBM1979 4 ай бұрын

Seguro que también desconoces la Contra-Armada inglesa para aprovechar la supuesta debilidad española y además saquear Lisboa y tomar las Azores,pero como bien dice ese inglés no se suele hablar de las derrotas...

@CBM1979 4 ай бұрын

@@officeandbusiness8056ni de sus atrocidades en cualquiera de sus colonias..eso el que tuviera colonias.

@batman9699 4 ай бұрын

La mayoria de lo que explica son fuentes inglesas y esta claramente politizado. El problema de Flandes y las rebeliones Holandesas no son para nada como lo describe el video y las bajas contabilizadas por uno y otro bando difieren por mucho, cosa que el autor no tiene en cuenta. Estoy esperando la respuesta de algún YT o podcaster español que haga una correcion exhaustiva, ya de primeras en la batalla de Flores el barco que dicen hundir no es hundido por la Venganza de la Reina Ana, solo le rompieron el baupres y se vio obligado a retirarse del combate ¿sabes lo dificil que es destruir un barco (sobre todo los grandes galeones españoles especializados en abordajes) cuando te superan 1v5 y ademas te abordan en por lo menos 3 costados? Solo saber esto en el minuto 3 de video te hace dudar de la veracidad de cualquier otra información ofrecida.

@Anglomachian 4 ай бұрын

“It was a true… Armada-geddon!” I laughed perhaps more than might be expected, I totally wasn’t expecting that line!

@bennruda11 4 ай бұрын

Here, here 😆 same

@amirpatel1934 4 ай бұрын

hahaha who would have expected a pun during the middle of a video about the second and third spanish armada? nobody. well played K&G, well played.

@TheStrategos392 4 ай бұрын

This is why Kings & Generals is my favorite channel. I was not even aware of second and third Armada expeditions after the one in 1588. You learn so much watching this channel in terms of understanding the military and political context of these events. Well done K&G 👑

@pattonramming1988 4 ай бұрын

Just shows how successful the Crown's propaganda was

@zarabada6125 4 ай бұрын

@@pattonramming1988Which Crown's propaganda? The Spanish crown for covering up repeated failures or the English crown for covering up how close they came to disaster a second and third time? In reality, the lack of mention in British history textbooks probably owes more to the lack of impact of the subsequent armadas than it does to any propaganda. With trying to teach the key points of over 1,000 years of English history, it would be surprising if these were more than a footnote on a page about the first armada. Both the second and third armadas were defeated without any involvement of the English. They had no lasting impact on English culture and there weren't even any victories to celebrate. From the English perspective, the Spanish just gave up and went home without a fight.

@user-lw9mo8xo8r 4 ай бұрын

This is just Serbian propaganda, who laid the ground work for the Muslims who laid the ground work for oceanic travel based on the facts of my butt. Also rednecks, they did it too 🍻

@vatsal7640 4 ай бұрын

@@pattonramming1988you mean spanish crown right???

@iain-duncan 3 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly!

@williamwolfkiel3652 4 ай бұрын

Looks like Japan isn't the only country protected by a divine wind

@guillermoal1667 4 ай бұрын

Japan was invaded by the Mongols and the western countries and beaten by the US...

@tariqtariq9192 4 ай бұрын

Why do you think those Mongol invasions failed ...@@guillermoal1667

@guillermoal1667 4 ай бұрын

@@tariqtariq9192 they didn't, they actually invaded Japan. Then they got expulsed, but that happens with all the invasions. Eventually the invader get expulsed. With the Spanish was different because they mix with the indiginous giving birth to a new race, the "Mestizos",people like me and like the other around 600 millions of hispanic people. America was never from Spain, America was Spain.

@gchecosse 4 ай бұрын

A protestant wind...

@Seranoss 4 ай бұрын

@@guillermoal1667 latin america is mixed and not spanishnized were fallen.

@Me1le 4 ай бұрын

Cristóbal de Mondragón was born in 1514 so he was 81 in 1595 not 90. Dont get me wrong, a 81 year old general is amazing, but a 90 year old general would truely be incredible.

@Swift-mr5zi 4 ай бұрын

Im glad that this video at least mentions the English intervention in Holland, at times half of the states army was British and English intervention was what saved the Dutch. Not to mention the fighting in the French civil war and Spanish intervention in Ireland. This is such a large war with so many factors and its sad too see it just boiled down to "armada" then "counter armada"

@anonisnoone6125 4 ай бұрын

England really loves to poke its nose into every country doesn't it?

@5thMilitia 4 ай бұрын

English intervention was crucial, but in the beginning very lackluster. It wasn't until Maurice of Nassau took command that Anglo-Dutch cooperation brought the results that were needed. And Vere was an improvement over Leicester of course

@brucepaul1376 4 ай бұрын

Theres no such thing as "British" until James the 1st.

@thesloith6212 4 ай бұрын

@@anonisnoone6125 not particularly... especially in the Tudor period when England was militarily, diplomatically and geographically isolated after the end of the Hundred Years War. From the mid 1400's to all the way up to the late 1600's England was hardly as dominant or "present" a power in comparison to France and Spain, both of which would involve themselves in literally every major war or conflict inside and outside of Europe, whereas England did not have the means, nor the need, to act similarly. Just look at the Italian Wars and the Thirty Years War, England is just barely involved, and most of the time: not even at all. Moving on into the future, and the decline of the Spanish and Ottoman Empires THEN you start to see Britain and the Russians start popping up. France on the other hand never had a period when they weren't intervening, even after the Napoleonic Wars you'll see them doing the "Hundred-Thousand Sons of St.Louis" and supporting Belgian Revolutionaries and so on. Therefore to sum up: England doesnt "love to poke its nose into every country" as that is a trait shared by any and every European major powers at some point or another and is especially false in regards to the Tudor period

@Swift-mr5zi 4 ай бұрын

Yes Leicester was obviously not brilliant but there was was actually other English engagements prior to that such as in the early 1570s (Middelburg, Geertruidenberg, Delft) with mixed results, the battle of the Scheldt in 1574 was of particular importance for England (see the below video for most detail) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbyUp8unla2yj6c.html Then you have John Norris at places like Rijmenam, Borgerhout, Mechelen, Steenwijk, Kollum, Noordhorn, Lochem and more which also had mixed results but the logic applies that the help was still significant. I think that the most underrated factor though is simply opportunity cost, it isn't just important that England fought in the low countries but by simply forcing Spain to allocate financial and real resources to other sectors and being having strategic locations attacked and looted the Spanish had far less funds to spend in the Low countries. The armadas (independent of what caused them to fail) were huge financial costs, the raids on Cadizs were almost as expensive as the Armadas for Spain, defending American territories, more spending on convoys, intevention in Ireland and most forgotten the French civil war intervention when English help was cruical e.g at Amiems. The war has to be assessed primarily from a broad strategic Spanish perspective to be made sense of in my opinion which of course includes the Ottomans. I also find it interesting that many of the 1620s/1630s battles in the low countries involved significant British elements such as at Hertogenbosch. I'm rambling a lot but I feel like a ramble here is deserved, the low countries was the most important area of warfare in Europe in the latter half of the 1500s and the fact that British soldiers were so actively involved in the fighting against the worlds best army (or second best) strikes me as very odd especially when so many significant elizabethan era poets and play writers fought there as did many of the generals of the English civil war, also the Safavids Persian empire army under Shah Abbas the great had its army (which would go onto defeated the Ottomans) trained by English officers. There's no much depth to this era and I see no one giving it the detail it deserves it was easily one of the most cruical eras in western european history. @@5thMilitia

@davidtierney3615 4 ай бұрын

Hugh O’Neill’s (Count Tyrone’s) Nine Year War in Ireland is a shot and pike war that would be well worth its own few videos !

@chasechristophermurraydola9314 4 ай бұрын

I completely agree with you on that since I haven’t seen a single video or series on the war and it’s a very interesting topic with many events and great and colorful people like Irish pirate queen Grace O’Malley and queen Elizabeth the first’s childhood friend, favorite and suitor Robert Dudley the 1st Earl of Leicester however the war is also interesting because when the flight of the Earls happened in 1607 they were permanently exiled from Ireland and their permanent exile was a watershed event in Irish history as it symbolized the end of the old Gaelic Ireland.

@manulad2000 4 ай бұрын

Best history content you can find. It would be amazing to top it off one last episode about the Spanish conquest of Paris in 1590 as part of the French wars of religion

@jonbaxter2254 4 ай бұрын

Saved by the weather! Again!

@apollosdomain 4 ай бұрын

I don’t know about others, but I like the new writing style.

@KingsandGenerals 4 ай бұрын

I wouldn't call it a style :-) sometimes we just let a few jokes in

@apollosdomain 4 ай бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals Either way in any case, it was a good video, keep it up.

@JimmyEagle 4 ай бұрын

The new ai algos on point 😂

@KingsandGenerals 4 ай бұрын

@@JimmyEagle we don't use ai

@PhyrexJ 4 ай бұрын

@@KingsandGeneralsAnd please never do!

@JohnnyElRed 4 ай бұрын

As someone who lives near the "Costa da Morte", I must say: even today, it earns that name.

@Cruxxy21 4 ай бұрын

I lost it at Armadageddon, well done to whoever wrote it

@QuasarSniffer 4 ай бұрын

I love the inclusion of the John Donne quote. I always appreciate a first hand account, and Donne was a brilliant writer. Thanks for yet another excellent video!

@maximipe 3 ай бұрын

Lots of english quotes and not a single spanish one tho

@MarcusAgrippa390 4 ай бұрын

Sir Richard Grenville and the last stand of the HMS Revenge is one hell of a story about probably one of the toughest, most stubborn captains paired with a ship and crew of equal measure. The story deserves a video of its own.

@glr4764 3 ай бұрын

No it doesn't; disgusting pirate ship of a disgusting pirate nation and a mark of Shame on English history

@alrengamao2577 3 ай бұрын

This Channel King's & Generals is a Haven For HISTORY...

@shawnespinoza9300 3 ай бұрын

“Armada-geddon” 😂 I love you sense of humor that pops out time and again during your videos! Excellence all around!

@MysticChronicles712 4 ай бұрын

It is encouraging that this video makes some reference to the English intervention in Holland, as the Dutch were rescued by the English intervention when at times half of the state's army was British. Not to mention the Spanish intervention in Ireland and the conflict during the French Civil War. It is regrettable that this enormous conflict with so many facets has been reduced to "armada" and "counterarmada."

@fen_n4088 4 ай бұрын

Guys , I have a lot of grand mal seizures , mostly stuck at home because of it , and unfortunately depression, chronic insomnia and even more bad things because of the epilepsy / seizure meds . Almost nothing is able to distract me or give me a good time these days , but your videos always give me a moment of peace , sometimes the only good and enjoyable moments in my day / week. So from the bottom of my heart, thanks to all the team and members making those videos / documentary possible . ❤

@KingsandGenerals 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and supporting us, we really appreciate it! Hope that you will feel better very soon!

@sidp5381 4 ай бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals it’s done very well as usual but I have to ask the name looks weird. Is it OK?

@KingsandGenerals 4 ай бұрын

@@sidp5381 the name?

@iexist3919 4 ай бұрын

@@sidp5381yes, it is purely to annoy Prae

@christiancrane5072 4 ай бұрын

Checkout Jayden’s journey

@Johanz1998 4 ай бұрын

Small nitpick in this and previous videos: Groningen (Netherlands) is marked in the wrong place, the current marker is where Leeuwarden (frisia) is. Groningen is more east.

@lief3414 4 ай бұрын

This is wonderful. It's insane how big of a leap Europe took in 16th century, resulting in a mix of old and new. As a side note, for some reason the whole event of the annual treasure fleet still sounds somewhat unreal, yet cool to me.

@MegaBlueShit 4 ай бұрын

Treasure fleet sounds like something out of a pirate legend right? Well, those have their roots in reality. It was the annual income of the Spanish territories in America. Of course, the Spanish organization that handled the taxing of the affair called Casa de Contratación, was notoriously corrupt.

@maximipe 3 ай бұрын

@@MegaBlueShit was it? Or is it just another case of english propaganda?

@MegaBlueShit 3 ай бұрын

@@maximipe Good point! I'm fairly certain it had to become more corrupt over time, as Spanish central authority weakened, but it was probably functioning as intended during the reign of Philip II. The Spanish economy had a multitude of issues during the 17th century, corruption being just one of them.

@LooneyPoliticsTunes 4 ай бұрын

One thing I’ve noticed in human history an armada invader tends to do very badly in human history as a whole. Only D-Day and modern arms really changed this

@carlosdemiguel4336 4 ай бұрын

True!. Tell the mongols about that with Japan , etc

@ihl0700677525 4 ай бұрын

While it is true that many (or most) amphibious landings/invasions failed, there were many that succeeded. For example the infamous Sea-people that destroyed many Bronze Age city-states during the so-called "Bronze Age Collapse" in ~1200 BC. Another famous examples are the Macedonian invasion of Anatolia under Alexander the Great, Roman invasion of Africa (Carthage) during the 2nd and 3rd Punic War, Viking invasion of England, various Viking expeditions in Scandinavia and surrounding lands (yes, the Scandinavian chieftains/warlords/kings raided each other territory), etc. Also Chola (Indian state) invasion of Srivijaya (Indonesian state) in ~1020 AD, Zheng He's (Ming Dynasty) expedition against Kingdom of Kotte (Ceylon) in ~1420 AD, Japanese amphibious landing during the opening stage of Imjin war in ~1590 AD, Koxinga's (Chinese rebel leader) invasion of Taiwan (held by the Dutch) in ~1660 AD, etc. So, yeah, while D-day (and also American invasion of Guam, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Sicily, etc, and Japanese invasion of Java, Philippines, etc), was a monumental feat, it really changed nothing. Btw, there were many successful naval invasion during WW1 too (e.g. Japanese taking over German islands in the Pacific), also French Revolutionary & Napoleonic war (e.g. French invasion of Egypt, British invasion of Dutch East Indes, as well as Havana and Manila), 7 years war (Franco-Spanish invasion of British held Minorca), Anglo-Dutch war, etc.

@zaleost 4 ай бұрын

I suppose really one of the big issues is that although hazards at sea have always been something fleets have needed to take in to consideration. Having such a massive number of ships concentrated in one spot makes the risk so much worse and its only much later once larger ship that didn't rely entirely on sails were common place that we've largely been able to mitigate this.

@higochumbo8932 4 ай бұрын

2:57 - It was not the start of a ¨reconquest¨ because the Netherlands had not been conquered to begin with. The Spanish Habsburgs were not a foreign occupation force there, they were the legitimate lords of the region by regular inheritance. The father and grandfather of Philipp II were native Flemish themselves. Philipp was even procclaimed King of Spain and Lord of Flanders in Brussels by his father Charles V.

@AHersheyHere 4 ай бұрын

The cruelty of Monarchs, failure means death. You do not expect someone who fails to retain their post but, they skipped that part in the 'Elizabeth' movies.

@Benito-lr8mz 4 ай бұрын

Elisabeth is the "Virgin Queen" no bad all purity lol😂

@Sceptonic 4 ай бұрын

@@Benito-lr8mzdidnt she bathe in virgins blood to preserve her youth or am i thinking of someone else

@Dravoll 4 ай бұрын

Uhh, the only English commander who was executed during Elizabeth's reign was the Earl of Essex, and that was because he tried to stage a coup against her government, an act that even today would probably see the perpetrator be severely punished. Drake and Norreys weren't beheaded for their failure to succeed in 1589, they were just demoted.

@Baddy187 4 ай бұрын

The English and the Dutch together are hard to beat.

@5thMilitia 4 ай бұрын

No other countries have fought so many battles and wars on the same side

@Swift-mr5zi 4 ай бұрын

Easily one of the most underrated historical alliances and general relationships

@enriquebergos Ай бұрын

Battle of Steenbergen, 1583; batlle of Zutphen, 1586; battle of Lippe River, 1595.

@enriquebergos Ай бұрын

Battlle of Craon, 1592

@5thMilitia Ай бұрын

@@enriquebergos Don't try this my friend. The list of Spanish defeats from Anglo-Dutch forces is far greater

@user-tn2kf2bp5d 4 ай бұрын

Excellent! Thank you for covering these events.

@MalikF15 4 ай бұрын

Wow kings and generals always drops knowledge on me I didn’t even know. Awesome work

@ftr1453 4 ай бұрын

A truly well-done series. I've enjoyed this episode as much as the previous, because it goes deeper in the conflict and leaves far away the cliches of Armada and Counter-Armada. It's a pity, however, not to have mentioned the role of Antonio Pérez as one of the most important feeders of the Anglo-Ducht propaganda against Spain in that time, the famous "Black Legend". The war wasn't only a struggle on the seas or the soil of Spain, England or Low Countries, but also in the the pages of books and pamphlets, and as Philip II refused to defend himself against the tremendous accusations made by Pérez, these spread throughout Europe and contributed to his discredit in the times to come.

@JackiW 4 ай бұрын

12:32 Can't say I've heard that one before. You always learn something new with each video from Kings and Generals!

@leopantig6360 4 ай бұрын

I hope you guys cover the War of the Spanish Succession too. A grand war which profoundly affected the fate of Europe and the world. Plus, a lot of the belligerents of the time period of this episode were present in that war. Unfortunately, it doesn't get that much coverage even though it was a long, bloody and important war that changed the political landscape of Europe and saw the genius of men like Marlborough, Eugene and Villars.

@KingsandGenerals 4 ай бұрын

We will

@weeewoooooooo 3 ай бұрын

@@KingsandGeneralsAdolphus against habsburg catholicism, anglo dutch wars, wars of reunion and 7 years war should be the background discussion. Emphasis on hasburg power relying on control of the Mediterranean, the introduction of british and dutch squadrons past the straights and ultimately Frances Mediterranean ambitions to 'secure its place in the su- I mean borders' under the benevolent crook Louis xiv himself. Affectively after the loss of Milan, France takes preeminence, therefore the views of Richelieu and mazarin are centerfold to the establishment of the great revolution and the grand alliance under the heir of Cromwell, monk and William iii, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC, General John Churchill, who was the ensign to Monks famous state funeral, laying monks regimental colours over his grave in St. Pauls. "Now, there remained for me... only to pursue his aims and vindicate his memory. " to qoute a successor.

@weeewoooooooo 3 ай бұрын

Thoughts for the above?

@glr4764 3 ай бұрын

Ah yes, the criminal war that result in the English colonizing Gibraltar; one of the last colonies in the world per the UN and a UK crime against humanity still ongoing to this day.

@weeewoooooooo 3 ай бұрын

@glr4764 it's a supply depot. Ask the Catholic French what happened to spains Mediterranean empire.

@chamel9771 3 ай бұрын

Juan del Águila is a very interesting character. He deserves a video just for himself

@jamesforreal 4 ай бұрын

I never knew there were more armada invasions. Thank you for this great video!

@robbabcock_ 4 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks for releasing this in 4k!👏

@erniegutierrez2288 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you for covering this largely overlooked conflict that helped determine who would control the seas. "Like"

@bigsarge2085 4 ай бұрын

Always learn something new!

@5thMilitia 4 ай бұрын

Only a matter of time before you guys will cover the Eighty Years War. Right?

@KingsandGenerals 4 ай бұрын

Right

@5thMilitia 4 ай бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals Great. Love you

@davidcunningham2074 4 ай бұрын

fast moving and exciting plus a poem from john donne.

@frenchsterr4708 4 ай бұрын

Excellent work as usual.

@MikosoOsaco 4 ай бұрын

Great video and entertaining as usual. The theft of Madre de Deus is CRAZY, I can't believe so much was lost and never found again. I wonder how much that would be in today's currency. Your video caused me to do some brief searching, and I eventually started reading about the Portuguese armadas to India. It seems like there is a lot of material there for you as well, since it seems like the Portuguese and the Zamorin (in India) kept fighting for a long time!

@TiagoCruz86 4 ай бұрын

I believe there are already some videos about the Portuguese expenditions available here in the channel, friend

@noone4700 4 ай бұрын

Amazing video I love the Early Modern Period content!

@yasintamer1547 4 ай бұрын

The legendary history is back again...🎉

@-RONNIE 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video

@roykay4709 4 ай бұрын

I knew there were the 2nd and 3rd armadas, but only that they tried and failed. Thanks for this presentation to provide a fuller picture.

@oneshotme 4 ай бұрын

I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

@theawesomeman9821 4 ай бұрын

Love learning about the British navy

@Uzair_Of_Babylon465 4 ай бұрын

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

@londonbudgetgardner5205 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video

@johnarnold7984 4 ай бұрын

Essex was release from prison and went on to command an army in Ireland. His failure in Ireland and his attempted coup is what led to his meeting the headsman in 1601.

@jaobyeden4143 4 ай бұрын

Learned a lot❤

@fasciolittorio 4 ай бұрын

I would like them to make documentaries about the Flanders War (1568 - 1609) with the battles of Jemmingen, Mook, Gembloux, the siege of Antwerp, Nieuwpoort, the siege of Ostend, etc... Thank you

@Kurtsova 4 ай бұрын

wonderfull!

@AbhyudayaSinh 4 ай бұрын

Very informative❤

@ccerrato147 4 ай бұрын

Weather was just kicking ass all around.

@dzpower9156 4 ай бұрын

thank's for the video

@guillermoal1667 4 ай бұрын

You should also make a video about the Battle of Cartagena, it will be interesting to hear and english talking about the worst defeat in english history by Spain in America by the half man Blas de Lezo (captain with one arm, one leg and one eye) and even indians and black slaves beating England greater fleet ever ensambled. (Only the one from D-Day overcome that one). It will be interesting.

@KingsandGenerals 4 ай бұрын

It is on the channel

@guillermoal1667 4 ай бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals Heck I always do the same ahaha! I will check it out!

@Finisterien 4 ай бұрын

Being 🇫🇷 I can’t stress enough hi I emjoyed the video for both its existence and the quality of it

@batman9699 4 ай бұрын

The ship referred to in the battle of Flores only lost its bowsprit and was forced to withdraw from the fight, it was not sunk.

@brouski1 4 ай бұрын

Great information and presentation. It illustrates the ridiculousness and futility of playing such a destructive game. Humans are so greedy and stubborn! All this death and destruction for temporary bragging rights. We’re doomed. 😢

@shawnwilson8256 3 ай бұрын

Armadageddon 😂. You sir have earned a like.

@computerinsurgent1204 4 ай бұрын

Please make more videos about the 80 years war.

@jellekastelein7316 4 ай бұрын

Yes, that would be excellent!

@anshumandhingan6277 4 ай бұрын

Your videos are great! Please make a video on the Battle of Haifa (1918), where cavalry defeated a modern fortified army.

@user-fe7et4sm1c 4 ай бұрын

Please do the Drake-Hawkins expedition against puerto rico and panama in 1595

@AltairTao 4 ай бұрын

Great video, but Tekeira Island? Where did you get that name? Please Kings and Generals, don't break my heart.

@migueldutra3184 4 ай бұрын

I love to watch kings and generals vídeos and im proud and happy to sea that my home and birthisland is being mentioned. But as a local i have to point to the fact that the name of the island is not Tekeira island, it is Terceira island which translated to english means third. 14:35

@thetaikonaut8397 4 ай бұрын

Cool vid. This age (16th century) is really interesting.

@abubakaromer5860 4 ай бұрын

"Elizabeth rules the waves uncontested"! Well,not really "Philip ruled the waves uncontested!" Well, not really

@lelouchvibritannia2300 4 ай бұрын

😂😂

@abubakaromer5860 4 ай бұрын

@@lelouchvibritannia2300 yes

@addickland5656 4 ай бұрын

Damn, England really got pretty lucky with the weather during all of these spanish invasions, even if they seemed to get it in cosmic payback whenever they tried to do the same in reverse. It honestly seems like the whole spiel about `not being succesfully invaded since 1066` owes a lot more to blind luck, mother nature and the permanent rivalry between Spain and France during the age when their joint forces probably could have invaded southern England easily, rather than some brilliant diplomacy and leadership or the vaunted royal navy. Not saying subjucating the whole country was ever really possible even with fair weather, but they sure came out ahead luck-wise.

@5thMilitia 4 ай бұрын

The 1066 is also not true considering the Dutch succesfully invaded in 1688.

@filipschwarzbach3733 4 ай бұрын

piracy was england biggest achievement at the time ...and if storms not happend ..england dissapear from history books forever

@davidkillin8466 4 ай бұрын

"Armada-geddon"....😂 Nice writing and production, K&G 👍🏻

@alvaro701 4 ай бұрын

Cool video but it would be interesting to go over (at least quickly) whats going on this time, whats their reaction to this

@WestSideGorilla1980 4 ай бұрын

That assassin prince of Persian was a fun movie. My favorite scene is the spanish knight chasing them.

@TheMrApacheDudeOfAwe 4 ай бұрын

I had to pause the video, stand up, and walk around my room for a bit after hearing "armadageddon" just to mentally cope with that beautiful joke.

@conradbaker 4 ай бұрын

TIL of spanish-irish relations. that's pretty cool.

@Wolfeson28 4 ай бұрын

Listening to the story of the Second Armada, I'm sitting there thinking, "Ok, seems like good preparation. The leaders are working productively, they've really handled the supply situation, seems like they've learned some lessons from before. How does this one go wro...NO DON'T LAUNCH IT IN THE WINTER!" So close to maybe getting it right, and then they screw up one of the basic rules of sailing.

@theconqueringram5295 4 ай бұрын

It's almost as if everything that could go wrong did!

@lerneanlion 4 ай бұрын

I know that the English Armada's failure caused serious setback when it comes to the Anglo-Moroccan alliance. But the fact that Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur was doing nothing at the time and did not launch raids against Spain to assist his English allies baffled me. And before anyone asked why the Ottoman Empire did nothing to help England despite having good relations with one another, it was because Sultan Mehmed III was engaged in a war against Habsburg's eastern realm that is Austria at the time.

@juann1400 4 ай бұрын

Well, the holy league ledd by Spain had destroyed their fleet in Lepanto some years before, the mediterranean was a spanish lake

@lerneanlion 4 ай бұрын

@@juann1400 I know that. But Morocco was an independent realm that always tried to keep the influence of the Sultan in Constantinople out. That was what I was talking about. The Sultan of Marrakesh was free to do what he pleased. But instead of assisting England by launching his own privateers against Spain, he instead decided to conquer the Songhai Empire in the south just because of he needed gold mines from there to pay for his troops and officials.

@Swift-mr5zi 4 ай бұрын

The Persian army of Saffavid Iran which fought in the was trained by Englishmen so the relations were actually not so great

@Seranoss 4 ай бұрын

@@lerneanlion Ottomans helped morrocans 1578 war against spanish portugese army in battle of Battle of Alcácer Quibir And Ottomans Destory Spanish navy in meditarnan sea 1560 Battle of Djerba.

@Seranoss 4 ай бұрын

@@juann1400 Ottomans helped morrocans 1578 war against spanish portugese army in battle of Battle of Alcácer Quibir And Ottomans Destory Spanish navy in meditarnan sea 1560 Battle of Djerba. And ottoman revenge lepanto conquered cyprus.

@connorhilchie2779 4 ай бұрын

12:41 as someone who loves a good dad joke, even thus managed to get a smile on my face. Love the video gjys,looking forward to more

@filipschwarzbach3733 4 ай бұрын

imagine world where storms dnt exist! no flash...no thunder...and especially no England :DD

@joselitostotomas8114 4 ай бұрын

One of the important facts is the reliance of Mexican gold and silver by Philip II to finance his military operations, not only against England but also in the Med and flanders. The treasure is essentially a windfall income that can be spent immediately. It's not like taxes which must be gathered and then disbursed. That's why losing the bullion to the Dutch and English is a double whammy. The Spaniards lose a major amount of disposable income, but their enemies gain it.

@ilznidiotic 4 ай бұрын

What is the little green country in the southwest corner of France? I can't find it on any other (admittedly terrible) maps from the time.

@KingsandGenerals 4 ай бұрын

Navarre

@Dravoll 4 ай бұрын

It's called Navarre. Ironically, another front in the war between England and Spain opened up because it's King, Henri III of Navarre also became King Henri IV of France in 1589, which was something Philip II wanted to prevent, given he was a Protestant. Elizabeth I was therefore allied with Henri IV, while the Spanish supported the Catholic faction, led by the Guises. The Duke of Parma, who Philip II planned to lead the conquest of England in 1588 died as a result of infection from a wound he took while fighting Henri IV's army in 1591.

@thomasrinschler6783 4 ай бұрын

It's what's left of Navarre after Spain conquered the larger southern part in 1512. What was left of Navarre (Lower Navarre) is actually only the small western portion of what is shown; the larger eastern part is Viscounty of Bearn, which had been inherited by the crown of Navarre in 1479. It's soon to disappear from the map, though, as the King of Navarre inherited the French crown in 1589 as Henry IV, and Navarre and Bearn were officially incorporated into France in 1620.

@matthewStapleton 3 ай бұрын

Damn them storms. What would Ireland look like today if the second armada had succedded?

@asetzadrgt5048 4 ай бұрын

Essex wasn't imprisoned for his failure during the Islands Voyage. Essex was later appointed as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and ended up failing to subdue the Irish. He made a truce with the Irish and returned to England against the wishes of the queen. This was seen as a challenge to the authority of the crown. Essex was imprisoned, put on trial, convicted, and later released. His monopoly on sweet wine wasn't returned to him, so he plotted to seize the court by force and eventually led a failed rebellion. Essex was then tried for treason and executed.

@Awesoman66 3 ай бұрын

Probably the best kind of movie to represent these events would be an action comedy.

@user-qg6oo9re7g 4 ай бұрын

❤

@vectorstrike 4 ай бұрын

Great video. The only nitpicks are the pronunciation of 'Terceira' and 'Ferrol'. 1. The particles 'ce' and 'ci' in Portuguese sound like 'sse' (like in 'dice', but more open) and 'ssi' (close to 'city') respectively, never 'ke', 'kee' or 'ky'. 2. 'Ferrol' would have its word stress at 'rol', not 'fer'; also, the two Rs together followed by an 'o' sound like an open 'ho' (yes, from Santa).

@fasciolittorio 4 ай бұрын

In this video there is no review of Drake and Hawkins' expedition in 1595 against the Spanish settlements in the Caribbean (Spanish Main), which in my country is considered a relevant event of that war conflict. Still, I think it's a great documentary.

@napoleonibonaparte7198 19 күн бұрын

The 's' in Spain is silent.

@trevorschmidt4855 4 ай бұрын

During the 3rd Spanish armada did Sir Walter Raleigh capture x 2 Spanish ships withdrawing from Milford Haven and landed the Spanish pow s at St Ives Cornwall

@sanher20 2 ай бұрын

Will you cover Drake's death and failed expedition to Panama?

@forgeflarion8362 4 ай бұрын

Can you please do a video on Simon Bolivar?

@KingsandGenerals 4 ай бұрын

We will at some point

@forgeflarion8362 4 ай бұрын

@@KingsandGenerals Okay thank you so much! Your videos are amazing!

@1996koke 4 ай бұрын

It's interesting how it seems that both sides kept launching failed expedition after failing expedition

@hurremhascki 4 ай бұрын

'Let's face it. It's not going to be judgement year!'

@natheriver8910 4 ай бұрын

👏👏

@jonbaxter2254 4 ай бұрын

Greenville and his litle ship was badass.

@MichaelSmith-ij2ut 4 ай бұрын

We've had one armada, yes. But what about Second Armada?

@dredval3382 4 ай бұрын

To Felipe and Elizabeth: JUST KISS ALREADY!!!!!

@anarwally 4 ай бұрын

When watching things like this video I often wonder how my life would be different. If Spain and their invasion of England had worked what would my life be like now. I am American but would I still be speaking English and our laws and institutions be descended from England or would I be speaking Spanish or French. Interesting stuff.

@samiman5606 4 ай бұрын

If the Spanish won and Spanish taking over you would be now spoke Spanish right like Latino people of south America the same fate

@amirpatel1934 4 ай бұрын

Walter Reliegh not getting locked up for his decision to go get the treasure fleet and Essex being the one that gets locked up and executed just amuses me for some reason. Just imagining what Walter said to get himself out of that pickle.