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Sinking of Invincible Spanish Armada
American Minute ^ | May 20, 2019 | Bill Federer

Posted on 05/20/2019 1:52:00 PM PDT by Perseverando

Spain led the Holy League to defeat the Ottoman Turkish Navy at the Battle of Lepanto near Corinth, Greece, in 1571.

Hilaire Belloc wrote in The Great Heresies (1938):

"This violent Mohammedan pressure on Christendom from the East made a bid for success by sea as well as by land.

... The last great Turkish organization working now from the conquered capital of Constantinople, proposed to cross the Adriatic, to attack Italy by sea and ultimately to recover all that had been lost in the Western Mediterranean.

... There was one critical moment when it looked as though the scheme would succeed.

A huge Mohammedan armada fought at the mouth of the Gulf of Corinth against the Christian fleet at Lepanto.

... The Christians won that naval action and the Western Mediterranean was saved.

But it was a very close thing, and the name of Lepanto should remain in the minds of all men with a sense of history as one of the half dozen great names in the history of the Christian world."

Funded by gold from the New World, the Spanish navy helped save Western Civilization from being overrun by Islam, but it declined to follow up on the victory of Lepanto.

Instead of freeing Mediterranean coasts and islands from Ottoman control, Spain decided to crush the Reformation in Holland and England.

In 1572, the Spain sent the Iron Duke of Alba to subdue Antwerp and surrounding Dutch cities , killing thousands, in what is called "The Spanish Furies," 1572-1576.

In 1588, King Philip of Spain was the most powerful leader in the world, after whom the Philippines were named.

On MAY 19, 1588, Philip sent his invincible Spanish Armada to invade England.

Consisting of 130 ships with 1,500 brass guns and 1,000 iron guns,

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TOPICS: AMERICA - The Right Way!!; History; Military/Veterans; Religion
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To: Perseverando

Before the Battle of Lepanto Queen Elizabeth had her pirates raid Spain’s supply ships in the Mediterranean. Philp asked the Queen for help as they both where against the Islamic horde. I do not know why Elizabeth helped the Caliphate during the war.


21 posted on 05/20/2019 4:35:28 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: rawcatslyentist
Surprised HG aint been by to dog ya.

Don't let him get to ya, it's just what he does.

No problem. It's just that the graphics on this site make the articles come alive (a picture is worth a thousand words, etcc). And I'm not about to try and paste about 3 dozen pics in an article, so as to avoid excerpts and the wrath of the posting purists.

However if someone else would like to paste the pics in article, please have at it.

22 posted on 05/20/2019 5:54:37 PM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other DemoKKKrats: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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In 1587 Elizabeth cut off Mary Queen of Scots head, in 1588 Spain attacks, hmmm.


23 posted on 05/20/2019 6:10:39 PM PDT by jpsb
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To: Steve Van Doorn

The Tudors engaged with ambassadors from the Turks and a proposed alliance was, well, proposed.


24 posted on 05/21/2019 5:17:29 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama hated Assad as he wasn't a Muslim but an Alawite)
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This topic was posted 5/20/2019, thanks Perseverando.

25 posted on 03/03/2025 9:00:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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