Armada death: Victoria Balashova

In 1585, a war broke out between Spain and England for marine dominance, stretching for a decade and a half and ending, in fact, nothing. At the beginning of the war, success accompanied the troops of Elizabeth Tudor. By 1588, the Spaniards gathered a huge fleet and tried to transfer the army of the Duke of Parma to the British islands. This event went down in history under the name “The campaign of the invincible armada.” Despite the fact that most Catholic Europe opposed Protestant England, the English fleet managed to disrupt the plans of the Spaniards and force them to go home. But on the way back they were awaited truly a grave test, and only a few returned to their native shores …

Author
Balashova Victoria Viktorovna
Publisher
Veche, 2014
Series
World History in the novels
Genre
Classical domestic prose

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