English Armada - An Even Worse Catastrophe Than the Spanish Armada
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🚩Previously we have covered the story of the Spanish Armada • Spanish Armada: How En... Now, join us on an incredible journey back to 1589, as we unravel the gripping tale of the English Counter-Armada's audacious mission to thwart Spain's dominance. From the strategic brilliance to the dramatic battles and unexpected turns, this saga holds secrets lost in time.
🌊 Witness the daring exploits of Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Norris as they lead an underfunded, resource-strapped fleet against overwhelming odds. Their quest: to cripple Spain's might and forge alliances while facing treachery, disease, and fierce resistance.
🏰 Experience the heart-pounding Siege of Corunna, a clash where valor met desperation, as English forces clashed against Spain's defenses. Swords clashed, cannons thundered, and a city held its breath in a struggle for dominance.
⚔️ Follow the relentless pursuit of Lisbon, where alliances faltered, and ambitions clashed. Amidst betrayals, surprise attacks, and tactical brilliance, witness the clash of powers and the resilience of those determined to shape history.
🔥 Discover the gripping final showdown in Cascais, a battle of wits and strength that tested the very limits of these intrepid explorers. A tale of courage, sacrifice, and the high cost of daring to challenge the established order.
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00:00 Intro
01:59 Aftermath of the Spanish Armada's Invasion
05:29 Siege of Corunna
13:03 Battle of Lisbon
18:44 Battle of Cascais
22:42 End of the English Armada's Invasion
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Hey kings and generals could you make a vidio on the update of the israel hammas war also love ya content
Spanish armada saw 44 ships of which 2 galleons captured lost to 0 English ships lost which is less then 40 lost in the English armada seeing 16 ships lost which were 3 of 4 remaining Spanish galleons.
The English armada was failure but not even 1/2 as catastrophic a the Spanish armada.
The Spanish armada brought some 55,000 men & since they had to circle Britain with no save harbour to get back to Spain the death toll was likely far higher then 11,000-18,000 you choosing to forgo the lowest estimate.
A galleon costs about £10,000 to £15,000 in the 16th century though sometimes more on various factors.
£30,000 to £45,000 Spanish lost sort of makes makes up for the £50,000 lost from £80,000 investment.
A galleon has a capacity for 800 crew & the Spanish claims that only 900 died is ridiculous never mind the civilians likely killed in Iberia.
Catholics never have consistency in thought & I have no bias on that matter as a godless man!
I'm curious you a Spaniard or you just have no perspective of cost for vessels back then?
I will say England was bound to not succeed in the expedition with 27,667 men unless the Portuguese took up arms but they preferred being under the boot of Spaniards for a time.
Portuguese Restoration War lasted 28 years if memory serves & fvck know how many Catholics killed each other in that kafuffle by 1668.
if i may ask, What was the background theme used at 5:15-5:30 ??
@@arnijulian6241
The Great and Happy Armada of 1588 lost 3 galleons (San Salvador, Nuestra Señora del Rosario and La Girona) and 32 armed transport ships, in addition to about 10,000 men.
The fleet was not complete as it needed the space to embark the Flanders troops, that finally did not board.
The English counterarmada of 1589 lost 40+ ships and about 13,000 men.
Both expeditions can be considered a complete failure, failing to achieve any of their objectives, although the English victory of 1588 is more relevant as it allowed the country to survive, while Spain's survival was never in danger.
English propaganda, magnifying its victories of the time and hiding its defeats, does not make us trust precisely the data they offer us.
I don't see much difference between Spain's efforts to reunite the Iberian Peninsula into a single state and England doing the same in the British Isles, with resistance from the Scots and Irish.
Remember that it is not those who want to insult, but those who can, and your offensive language simply makes you look childish.
Please, pronounce Coruña correctly
“Nobody expects the Spanish infiltration” 😂😂😂 that was a good one
I literally laughed out loud.
Nobody expects the Spanish infiltration. Our chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and dare. That’s two weapons. Our two chief weapons are surprise and dare and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. …
They were portuguese loyal to the spanish king though
agradezco a Kings and generals por este documental muy detallado lo cual ayude a cesar de una vez con los lloriqueos de mis compatriotas que piensan que su canal solo difunde leyendas negras sobre el imperio español
debo decir que se ve la diferencia en la educacion de ambas "partes del conflicto" me explico, en la seccion de comentarios sobre el video de la armada española hace 2 semanas no encontraras ningun ingles burlandose sobre lo que les sucedio a los españoles hace mas de 4 siglos,eso si ellos ensalzan las hazañas de sus antepasados pero sin burlarse de sus "enemigos"
algo que me parece bien y comprensible
cosa muy distinta con lo que sucede con mis compatriotas españoles donde ingresan en cada video sobre el conflicto de inglaterra y españa para burlarse sobre las penalidades que pasaron los ingleses
saludos cordiales
@@hugopontevedra ai, si, por Deus! Sempre andan coa matraca esa. Agradezo moitísimo o teu comentario. Notase que algúns andan mal de lecturas serias sobre este tema.
@@hugopontevedra la tradicion estoica inglesa contrasta con nuestro patriotismo histrionico, por eso ellos estan donde estan y nosotros estamos donde estamos
It's funny how many times the aftermath of the Spanish Armada is casted as the moment England started overtaking Spain as a global empire. When in reality, and as seen on this video, nothing really changed geopolitically speaking. This war was one of the biggest nothing burguers in world's history.
Yep
Actually the change avoided is the story. If England had been conquered one could easily project the end of Protestantism and the smothering embrace of the Catholic Church as a government, not religion. One could also argue that the English colonies in North America would have been taken by the Spanish or French. So the continuation of Elizabeth was a step on a path that would be very different today if Spain had won. The loss of the English Armada in way assured England would look over seas not at Europe.
Well, geographically moronic war turned into a blunder on both sides, who could have expected that, huh?😅
To specify how it looks, imagine that in early 19th century UK and Spain had sailed to Alaska to fight for rights to US west coast that they can barely reach and would never afford to enforce their rules upon?
I think it was literally the start of the British empire - the largest empire in world history
@@krichardj. Also the Spanish kinda won, or at least the peace treaty was better for them.
This video honors you, I believe this is the only documentary in English that deals in depth with this important historical event.
Us Hispanics need to have more of our history in English. When I argue with Anglo Supremacists they love to throw the Armada at me. I throw back the English Armada or Isla Flores (1591) back at them. They claim I made it up.
Santiago y Cierra España! The treaty of London was favorable to Spain.
Santiago y Cierra España!
Viva España!
Viva Hispano-America!
Viva la Filipinas!
Viva Hispanidad!
Viva Cristo Rey!
As someone from America, keep us out of your vivas
@@RedWolf75 I agree with almost everything, except for the hurray for Hispanidad, Hispanic-America and the Philippines. Just long live Spain!
@@ImperatorHispania
It was all Spain at one time anyways! 😂
Anyway glad that the history of our ancestors is getting out! I'm tired of the Black legend and Anglo Supremacists nonsense.
Have a good one!
I've seen a few, but they really are far less popular. It should be noted that some i saw were also laced with things that really weren't true, which rather reduced the legitimacy of videos covering an actual historical event.
The fact that everyone knows about the Spanish Armada and even in my country (Spain) no one knows about this is astonishing at best, and quite embarrassing honestly
there is an immense amount of information on the counter-armada, the problem is that it is not translated into English, which is the current world language
I think it's because the failure of the Spanish Armada was one of the most significant single events in human history.
Turning the course of the Huguenot Wars, and assisting the Dutch Revolt, it arrested Habsburg conquest of W. Europe, allowing the 30yrs War to end with the independence of Western nations (see Westphalian Sovereignty).
Had Philip listened to his own Admirals, and landed in Wales or Ireland first, it could've gone the other way around. Europe would have become entirely Habsburg (for a few centuries anyway), and the rest of the World would look very different right now.
In contrast, the failure of the English Armada had little impact on anything. Or do we really think Elizabeth seriously hoped to conquer Spain? 🤔
los españoles somos asi, hay grandes navegantes como Blas de Lezo con docenas de victorias (Cartagena de Indias) y nadie sabe quien es, Nelson sim embargo tiene una estatua en el centro de Londres
@@josemunnoz hay cientos de videos sobre blas de leso
incluso en ingles este canal le dedico uno sobre el asedio a cartagenas
@@hugopontevedrapero que yo sepa la unica estatua de Blas de Lezo esta en la misma Cartagena de Indias, no hay ninguna en España.
"No one expects the Spanish Infiltration!" Has got to be one of the best off-hand one-liners I've heard from this channel, bless you all MP fans!
Agreed
Just to add that the "Spanish infiltration" was known as encamisada, from camisa = shirt. Very common tactic of the spanish army at the time. They did these infiltrations at night, removing all armour and wearing only their shirts to move silently and be easily recognisable by their mates, I think they didn't take any firearms, only bladed weapons. It was, obviously, very unexpected :)
It calls my attention that a British CZcams channel would make a video about a British defeat , which was what the Drake-Norris expedition was , so kudos for the Brits for not only talking about victories.
They are not British. I first thought they were Turkish, because they were focused on Ottoman history a lot, but Google says they are Canadians and one of them is of Azerbaijani origin
@@romanpopyk Okay , thank you . Because the narrator was British and the name of the channel was in English I just assumed it was a British CZcams channel
There are English loses on this channel, what the fuck are you talking about
What planet you live on? The British lose every battle until the last one, and are proud of it.
@@jfinn3575 I live on planet earth .
I had never even heard of this battle. I thought everything ended with the Spanish Armada.
Another reason why I love Kings and Generals. 👍💪👊
It also shows how the spaniards have always been very tough hombres throughout their history.
@@Trancymind The English were also "tough hombres" when they were well prepared and with good discipline.
just watch the video that this same author made about the third and last siege of Gibraltar.
Lo bueno es que esta vez nuestros antepasados estuvieron bien preparados y con ganas de devolverles el favor que nos hicieron el año anterior
Here is the link about that siege
czcams.com/users/results?search_query=great+siege+of+gibraltar
@@hugopontevedrael mismo autor italiano. Hombre, gracias por darte cuenta. Acaba de salir otro video por el italiano, sobre la 2a y 3a Armada. Y hace un par de semanas acabò de escribir el nuevo episodio sobre la 4a Armada, y la invasiòn de Irlanda por Don Juan del Àguila. Buen provecho.
@@arnaldoteodorani277 no entiendo a que se refiere sobre "agente del reino unido" es solo sarcasmo hombre
It's a shame the English counter armada isn't taught in England or the wider UK. Good thing you're here to talk about these events in-depth
Nice to see this video. Most people only focus on the Spanish armada that got defeated but this expedition right after from the English side was quite the failure. While Francis Drake was key for defending England against the Spanish armada, much of his career after that was pretty damn unimpressive.
Thanks for all these late 16th century videos! I find this era very interesting and I hope we will go into the 17th century as well.
bueno "hombre" Francis "el Drake" como era conocido aqui siglos atras ya despues de la contrarmada ya no era aquel jovencito impetuoso ademas que en America nuestros antepasados ya habian aprendido la leccion de como fortificarse mejor ante los ataques piratas
que lamentablemente se siguieron dando mucho tiempo despues de la muerte de el drake
Drake was kinda representative of the English as a whole of that time period. Solid at repelling attacks and engaging in smaller scale hit and run tactics. But horrible at initiating in large scale assaults/invasions. This entire fiasco was English hubris. Elizabeth seemed to believe their defeat of the Spanish Armada (which included a great deal of dumb luck) somehow translated to England being capable of taking on the full weight of the Spanish Empire on Spanish turf. England was nowhere close to having the men and resources to accomplish that during Elizabeth's reign. Even if England had somehow pulled off their initial objectives, the war still would have turned into a war of attrition in Portugal that England couldn't have sustained long-term.
Defeated? Our armada wasnt defeated lol. A storm made the invasion imposible. The brits had 0 chance to defend themselves and they didnt, a storm did the job not the god damn brits. Defeated... pff
He lost his woman to another.
Finally, a documentary on the Counter-Armada in English, this tends to be overlooked in the Anglosphere, with the Spanish Armada of 1588 taking major focus, similarly, the English victories at Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt also receives the same overemphasis, despite France winning the Hundred Years War. The film "Elizabeth the Golden Age" is a good example of Elizabethan propaganda being repurposed for a modern audience, where _ONLY_ England stood to a foreign rogue power, and saved the cause with gallant and force of arms. Incidentally, it would be the Dutch who would supercede the Spanish as the main naval power, perhaps Kings and Generals could make videos on the Anglo-Dutch Wars, this is also a fascinating topic.
But the other Spanish armadas (3 failed armadas sent against Elizabethan England) are even lesser known than the English armada. Even the pro-Elizabeth film which didn’t mention the English armada also didn’t mention the second and third Spanish armadas.
As for the HYW, the reason those victories get a lot of attention is because England was a country with a much smaller population, and they put up a strong fight against a powerful kingdom on their own turf. They are famous for being victories against the odds and with Henry V there’s the what if he lived factor to consider as he was set to became the king of France and was an undefeated commander.
I know France also won battles against the odds like Patay, but in terms of population and economy medieval France had much more resources than England.
Crecy, Poitier and Agincourt get a lot of attention (rightly so, they’re all annihilations against the odds) they aren’t over represented so much as French victories are under represented. However, I’d say most (or at least many) people who have heard of Agincourt have also heard of Joan of Arc.
You aren’t wrong though that Britain focuses more on its successes than defeats.
@@archivesoffantasy5560Essex-raleigh expedition is forgotten, (Spanish victory)
@@archivesoffantasy5560Have you ever heard of the 20,000 English deaths in the so-called War of Jenkins' Ear, or in Spanish, Guerra de Asiento? 20,000 English soldiers died Vs 4,500 Spanish dead, 407 English ships sunk, Vs 189 Spanish. Uppps. Blas de Lezo. The English crown had absurdly ordered that thousands of English coins be minted with the image of the English admiral Edward Vernon on one side receiving the crown of the viceroyalty of the Spanish Indies on one side. England lost the war and was humiliated in combat by the commander "halfman" Blas de Lezo. Only in that disastrous English attempt to take Cartagena de Indias did 4,400 Englishmen fall. Oh. Add and continue.
_In the Medieval period, one out of every four people in Europe were French. France was the superpower on the continental land mass with a very large population. What was Elizabethan England in the 1500s? Two million people. It was regarded by the rest of the world as barbarous, on the outer edge of barbarity. The English stood up to King Philip of Spain - who owned the Netherlands. But within Europe Britain will become one of the great civilizing powers of the world._
_What was the England of Marlborough - the mid 1600s to the early 1700s? England had 8 million, France had 25 million which was larger than Russia. The Duke of Marlborough defeated the French who wanted to take control of France and Spain and her colonies, and hence be a European megapower._
_Later, England was 10 million with Napoleon's France having 30 million, the fourth largest population in the world, and he also had most of Europe. The British took him on, gathering small allies, and won. The British stood up to practically all the old world - and tamed all the new. Later, Hitler and his allies amounted to 180 million, and the occupied countries on top. Again the British took him on, gathering allies and won._
_You cannot be so small that you are negligible. Size and wealth are not so important, as courage and faith._
- Harold McMillan
@@johnburns4017 my friend, england losted the spanish succesion war as the main goal of the english, the french bourbons take the spanish throne, was not achieved. france and spain won that war and formed a formidable block of power all the 18th century. the fact that one century later the british defeated france and spain to become the world superpower for 100 years do not change the fact that england lost the spanish succesion war.
This invasion left to this day a saying here in Portugal: since then, we call false friends as _Amigos de Peniche_ (Friends from Peniche), since the English Army was first expected to come as friends, only to then loot several villages and towns, and ultimately desert the cause of D. António.
Beautiful episode, regarding a rather obscure episode from my country, for which I thank K&G.
Note: Portugal was indeed annexed by the Spanish Habsburgs, and D. Filipe II of Spain, I of Portugal, did have a just claim to the Portuguese throne, since he was grandson of the Portuguese king D. Manuel I, through his mother the Portuguese Infanta D. Isabel. The other two claimants (a granddaughter of king D. Manuel I, D. Catarina, married to the Duke of Bragança, and the mentioned D. António) did not have not nearly enough power or prestige to gain the upper hand - although it would be a Duke of Bragança who would restore independence in 1640.
D. Filipe II of Spain, I of Portugal, was, as so, crowned king of Portugal in the Cortes of Tomar, in 1580, granting a lot of liberties regarding to the autonomous government of the kingdom of Portugal and its overseas Empire. In the Habsburg coat of arms, the Portuguese national shield was added in a place of honor - the _Abismo do Chefe_ (Chief's Abyss), and to this day we always refer to the 3 Habsburg kings of Portugal by their number as Spanish kings (D. Filipe II, III, and IV) and as Portuguese kings (D. Filipe I, II, and III). These concessions facilitated a peaceful annexation - contrary to what happened in the interegnum of 1383/85.
It was his son and grandson's lack of respect to these concessions that ultimately led the Portuguese into open revolt, culminating in the Revolution of December 1st, 1640, and the _Guerra da Restauração_ (Restoration War) that lasted until 1668, effectively ending the Iberian Union.
It's baffling how anyone would think the Portuguese nobles would rise against the king that themselves had proclaimed, only to support the pawn of foreign PROTESTANT invaders.
where did the English loot portuguese villages? im curious cant find anything on it
@@a2falcone most nobles weren't moved by patriotism - something that already happened in the 1383-85 interegnum.
For most of them, a union with Spain was quite lucrative, since it opened vast markets in the Americas. By the time of the Restoration of Independence, the soon to be King of Portugal, the Duke of Bragança, together with his wife the daughter of the Duke of Medina-Sidónia, were insanely rich.
Legend says that she, D. Luísa de Gusmão, had to encourage her husband to accept the risk of the Revolution, by stating "I'd rather be queen for a day, than a duchess the rest of my life!" - that's the spirit!
Mind also that those were still the days of the Holly Inquisition here in the Iberian Peninsula. Dark days, when questioning the Catholic Church was a one way ticket to burn in the stick...
Not to be forgoten either the disaster that engulfed the Portuguese Army in the Battle of Alcácer Quibir in 1578, and the disaster where the Portuguese Navy was envolved within the Invincible Armada, something that crippled any Portuguese chance of response against the might of Spain in that period.
@@hailvictory9698 Around the area where they disembarked.
Don't worry, Englishmen came back and died liberating Portugal 230 years later. What local saying do you have for that?
Thank you from Spain! This is an honest video, against Leyenda Negra (Black Legend) or propaganda in both sides. Actually, Maria Pita is a real hero in La Coruña and a central square of the city was named like her in tribute and praise
Its important to note that England wasn't known a naval power by this point, and was basically living on minimum wage. The concept of a counter armada against Spain at the zenith of its wealth and power was a terrible move which did more damage to England that the armada did.
I mean, the english were defeated even when they were the naval power and Spain was the fallen one. Cartagena and Buenos Aires prove this.
@@franciscoamezcua6338 huh?? the fact that we're having this conversation in english proves otherwise lmao
also, real english dominance wasn't until post-napoleon. at that point, spain was delegated to a lesser power, unable to cling onto their status as a great power even. not to mention that the gap only widened further, english zenith would've been right around WW1, or slightly before. at which point, spain was pathetic in comparison
@@user-te9vx8bx8y The reason why we speak English is that it is a straightforward language that is easy to learn.
@@idontgetit2195 aw that's not quite right, i'm sure you can figure it out once you learn and apply critical thinking!
@@idontgetit2195 English is one of the least straightforward languages and one of the hardest to learn to non-native speakers.
Fun fact: One of the men defending Lisbon from the English atack was Duke Teodósio of Bragança, father of the future king João IV of Portugal who would later reclaim the kingdom's independence and end Spanish rule. Teodósio was also King Sebastião's squire during the disastrous battle of Alcacer Quibir when he was just 10 years old. Impressed with the bravery of such a young boy the Morrocan sultan allowed the kid to go home without a ransom being paid.
anyway the wife of the former Duke of Braganza, Catarina, was the real heir of king Henrique I crown, being a descendent of a male son of Manuel I, when Filipe II of Spain was a descendent of a Manuel I daughter, the empress Isabel, wife of Charles V. Wisely Catarina preferred to contemporize instead to risk all in a war with her cousin. Her grandson ascended to the throne in 1640.
He sure was a great soldier! But Portugal became independent in 1640, because Spain was at war simultaneously in 1640-1668 throughout the planet, against France, England, Protestant Germany, the Netherlands, the Turkish Empire, Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Morocco, Berber pirates, Filipino Moors, Japanese pirates. , Chinese pirates, Mapuches from Chile and Apaches from the Great Plains. We were fighting the English and the Dutch in the Caribbean, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Channel of England and Pacific. And we had to beat France in Italy, Catalonia and the Spanish Netherlands. In the midst of that context we could not send the best armies to Portugal. Surely, in that kind of context, the Germans lost to Serbia in WW1, and to some other country in WW2. But I understand that for Portugal it was an important date, and they really won those battles. But always within a context where Spain was trying to stop the Protestant expansion, which had the objective of invading Rome, Madrid, Lisbon and Vienna, destroying Catholicism, Mediterranean culture and our empires in the world. Spain had to invade Germany several times (southern Germany and the Palatinate are Catholic). In Italy we had to build 50 fortresses to stop the Turks. We had to invade Paris, so that the French would become Catholic, in 1590. It is a more complex war than it seems. Not only sell spices from the Far East.
A masterpiece that summarizes overlooked events in a short time. Early modern England should be considered more
Nice video! Spanish history is so rich
I have lived in England for many years, and the English have no idea of their lost battles, only of their victories,
Its cucked to teach your losses. The UK has more victories than losses so they focus on those.
Exactly, they don't have the slightest idea of the majority of their defeats
The yanks whipped you twice
At 15:26 the narrator says "Nobody expects the Spanish Infiltration" with a totally deadpan voice and the moment passes so quickly that you almost miss it because it is, dare I say, an unexpected joke. If you ever watched Monty Python's classic sketch about the Spanish Inquisition then you'll know exactly what it means. Good stuff.
y aun asi mucho de mis compatriotas españoles consideraban al autor de este video un agente del supuesto "ministerio de propaganda de la leyenda negra" contra el imperio español
financiada por el reino unido 🙄
But no comfy chairs...
@@KrovuBrilliant!
@@hugopontevedrathe black legend? Is blackbeard running the world?
@@user-iy5ww2hj4p wtat are you talking about ???
I have to agree that this part of the conflict between Spain and England is definitely underreported. I was unaware of this counterstrike prior to this video. I had, for the most part, only been aware of Elizabeth I's privateer sanctioned war against Spanish naval vessels. Thanks for the informative and (as always) greatly detailed depiction of this series of historical events.
Yes the Spanish Armada was not a unprovoked attack. It was brought on by Piracy. Much life when the USA attacked the Barbary coast.
England: "We'll just omit this from the books..."
True. We all heard about Elizabeth's defeat of the Spanish Armada, and yet nearly no one mentions her failed attempt afterwards.
I hate the two Elizabeth movies because they portray her as this very competent monarch with practically no flaws, while the Catholics were snobbish and incompetent fanatics.
Many other things have been omitted from history , like the Russian invasion of Paris and capture of Napoleon, and the massive Run away episode in the Ardenes ww2 when the English expeditionary force was guarding this access into France and the Germans broke in unexpectedly, allowing the Nazis to take over the Marginot line from behind and the expeditionary force escape to Dunkerque , reason why De Gold hated. The English as it was a shameful betrayal
There is a much, much bigger naval disaster that still gets intentionally omitted from the school curriculum, I say "intentionally" because it was the biggest event recorded in Samuel Pepys's diaries; the other events in it, the plague, the fire, are frequently taught to children through his diaries but utter silence about the disaster in the Medway that he had major personal involvement with. The Dutch navy broke through the inadequate defences there and towed away the best of the English navy without having to fire a shot. No British kid is allowed to hear about that🙂
Elizabeth I dropped the ball with this invasion. She should have stuck to using her navy to disrupting Spanish shipping and funding proxy wars. A full scale invasion is always iffy business, and she clearly did not have the military resources to pull this off.
She really did
Perhaps, however it should be remembered that her commanders ignored Elizabeth's orders, so maybe the blame should be put on them. I'm not saying they would have been successful had they followed her majesty's orders, but there is that now "what if?" her commanders had done what they were ordered to do in the first place.
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@@skyden24195 That is true. Drake was a talented Admiral, but he was a pirate whose main motivation was personal gain. The land invasion is where I think she made a mistake. England’s army was not much to speak of, but her navy and intelligence service was first rate. Drake was best used to plunder Spanish ships and a guerilla type of warfare at sea, not a land invasion. Her Spymaster Francis Walsingham arguably had the best intelligence service in Europe. And she funded proxy wars in the Low Countries against Spain. When she stuck to that strategy, she was successful. With the land invasion, she tried the same strategy that Philip II attempted with the Armada invasion, and it failed. As they say, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
@@TheStrategos392
Spain beat the English in several naval engagements after this. England was a backward nation fighting the most powerful nation on Earth. Read the treaty of London, Spain won the war
Great quality video. At last, a non-Spanish video that tells the story of the English counter-armada.
Kudos to you and all my respect.
"On May the 4th, the Spanish Empire struck back." I see what you did there. The date is right too!
Awesome video. Can you believe everyone in Coruña knows about that battle but nobody knows about it's significance? Most people think a couple of English pirate ships attacked and that was it...
@@666xurxo ese es uno mas de los que creen en modernos pseudohistoriadores que le han dicho que nuestro pais y el mundo entero no quieren que sepamos nuestra propia historia
Spanish history is extremely unknown for some reason, people seem to forget spain was the first superpower for 2 centuries and only backed down in 1750, 10 years after they had sank the royal navy of the Caribbean in war of Jenkins ear
Spain was strong until the death of Charles III
You would say 3 Centuries from 1500 until 1800. After the defeat of British Navy in Cartagena de Indias 1741 aprox by Blas de Lezo ...the British were also defeted by Spain along several places for the independence of 13 Colonies such Mobila, Batón Rouge, Pensacola by Bernardo Gálvez, San Luis Illinois by Fernando Leyva at Fort San Carlos, dozens of supply Ships in the middle of Atlantic ocean by Almirall Cordova....all of these Battle occurred about 1780 when Spain was still destroying British army.
I am from Corunna, thank you for this excellent video!
footnote: On June 5, when morning broke, Bazán's galleys noticed the enemy's movements and fired, waking up Lisbon. The Spaniards began pursuing after concluding that the enemy's withdrawal was real and not a ruse. All the while, the English infantry firing was followed by the galleys. Sancho Bravo and Alarcón attacked the English column as they got closer to Cascais, killing hundreds more people.
English Queen: Oh no my fleet!
The spanish: Primera vez?
Translation:
The Spanish: First time?
"Up to half the sailors have succumbed to disease"
Disease is the deadliest combatant in history. A regular breaker of armies and navies.
The Spanish truly were some of the toughest bravest men in history. Crazy to think they were a powerhouse and a force to be reckoned with back in their heydays.
no lo fuimos tanto cuando 4 gatos musulmanes tomaron casi toda la peninsula y nos tomo casi 8 siglos recuperarlo
They were, and not long ago, they finally ended the rconquista, so they became seasoned military in Lans and sea
The main misfortune was that the Spaniards had never been reached by British propaganda and did not know that the British are invincible, otherwise they would have almost certainly surrendered
Seeing how dominant the Spanish were in land engagements, we can see how much danger England was in from the Spanish Armada and why it was so important that they did everything they could to break up the fleet and prevent a landing.
This is a fact , had Spain been able to board their Army of Flanders and then make a successful landing in England , there would have been very little the English could have done to stop them.
The Spanish tercios during those times were unbeatable.
What a great story, and one I never even heard of. You guys are wonderful.
Good Spanish generals. Thanks for the video.
Great video! It's nice to see this not very widely known story. Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much for given a piece of the Portuguese history. Fun fact due to this invasion from England there is a idiomatic expression in portuguese language. The idiomatic expression is amigo de Peniche the litteral translation is Friend of Peniche. It means a false friend , a disloyal partner who cannot be trusted.
Irmã, I know we couldn't not be trusted. We were extremely hungry for power 😅
But to trust the perfidious pirates? That's letting the entirety of Latin Europe down...
we literally helped you other times. Where were you in ww2?
@@commando4481 Official we were a neutral country except East Timor. This colony was ocupy by Australia, Holand and Japan. In Azores we allowed to established allied base. The Base das Lajes which
became quite famous during the second war of Iraq. For Madeira Island, Portugal received 2,500 evacuees from Gibraltar.
In Estoril and Lisbon there was full of spies from both sides. In fact the Casino Royale by Ian Fleming is inspered his experience in Estoril as member Naval Intelligence Division (NID). There were portuguese fought in the American army, French resistence and Blaue Division of the Wehrmacht. Additionnally, Portuguese died in various concentration camps. We sold Wolframite to England and Germany. we received refuges in Portugal and was quite a chok because Portugal was very conservety socity. Althought the portuguese goverment didn't want any Jews refugess, some reached Portugal, thank to them they introduzed to the Portuguese cuisine, Berliner. Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Carlos Sampaio Garrido , José Brito Mendes and Priest Joaquim Carreira are consider Righteous Among the Nations. Additionally, there were dog fights between British and german planes. Also in a In an aide-mémoire of 5 September 1939, the British government confirmed the neutrality of Portugal.
Portugal was neutral, thank god. Was a blessing for Churchill aims to harass the III Reich.
More, the neutrality of the entire Iberian Peninsula saved the UK to loose Gibraltar and a German landing in the western North Africa, provoking the adhesion of Vichy's France to the Axis. Malta would fallen due the closure of the Mediterranean Sea and Mussolini would parade in the Cairo on his white horse. Consequences? Some:
Imagine Great-Admiral Doenitz U-boots controlling all the Portuguese coast.
Imagine that Turkey would join the Axis, more revolts against the British rule in Iraq, the defection of Persia and the absolute Axis control of the entire Middle East. More, a different Barbarossa Operation including a German-Turkish assault in the Caucasus south front.
Think about it. London should have a statue dedicated to Salazar who realised to convince Franco to not join the Axis.
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@@commando4481 I don't understand, why should the Portuguese care about the Second World War?
Now we can talk about James Cook, a british that "discover" the Pacific sea for the British. But they don't know that the British stole the Spanish maps in Manila ( Philippines). The Pacific sea was called "the Spanish lake".
Please a video about the " galeon de manila".
And remember that Madrid may be was the capital of the Spanish empire, but the true capital was Mexico, in new Spain. The center of the empire, between "galeon de manila" and "flota de indias".
Thanks for the video, not always is black legend.
Doesn’t change the fact that he discovered the Pacific sea for the British. It really isn’t that deep honestly.
@@imperialinquisition6006 Vasco Núñez de Balboa
@@imperialinquisition6006well the pacific was already known by the Spanish and Portuguese, and as it’s with universities in the new world and overall urban development, the British got it later
Nice to see the Kingdom of Navarre actually shown on the map - usually it's omitted after the loss of the section of the kingdom south of the Pyrenees. Granted, it would come under a personal union with France when Henry of Navarre ascended the French throne less than a month after the end of the main events of the video.
The peace treaty was badly received by the English who viewed the terms as humiliating. England was forced to stop supporting their Dutch allies and its piracy of Spanish treasure fleets. But what cannot be ignored is that by maintaining its independence, England would *eventually* go on to becoming a major imperial power of its own, albeit not immediately.
The power of American cinema that made everyone believe that the English just won
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
Thanks for covering this one! I always wanted a video on this misadventure.
Great work and video. I'd never heard of this action/campaign before, thanks.
I read about this in a history part in a newspaper. It seemed that the brits whated to keep it quiet from history. As I never seen mentioned in documentary or books. It's about time someone bought this part of British history. So we'll done for bringing this up. 👽👍
the same reason we dont want the world knows about the disaster of the siege of Gibraltar
For British and English history it isn't that important. It didn't change the status quo, and even had it been a success I doubt it would change much, meanwhile the Spanish armada could have changed the world if it succeeded.
Always the black legend againts the spaniards..... It was Spain againts the word in those times.
It's the same with the battle of , Cartagena de Indias in 1741. What could be the biggest defeat in Royal Navy history , the Brits don't talk about that.
@@alfredosenalle9284 why would they do that if we don't talk of the Siege of Gibraltar
Yeeeees finally, I've been waiting forever for a mainstream history channel to do a video on this. It almost never gets talked about in the English speaking world.
It's refreshing to see a British channel delve into historical defeats like the Drake-Norris expedition, often overshadowed by the Spanish Armada's fame. It's a testament to the channel's commitment to a balanced portrayal of history.
Wow!! Great video. Bringing alive unknown history to me is super interesting!! THX.
I hadn’t learned about this before. Thanks so much Kings & Generals!
Are you from Spain ????
because there are hundreds of videos, conferences,articles in magazines and newspapers in Spanish of course
about this topic
@@hugopontevedra, Official British history has never hesitated to grossly minimize or outright erase defeats. This is a very clear example, it is not the only one.
@@enekoeneko69 eso es lo que crees porque no has leido a historiadores ingleses
tampoco veo quee se hagan documentales en españa sobre el tercer asedio de gibraltar que fracaso miserablemente
Porque los ingleses querian hacer documentales sobre sus fracasos si otros paises no lo hacen ??
This episode was dope and hilarious! great job
Very cool and excellent piece of knowledge
Thank you for sharing this
I love you, 20 YEARS I'VE WAITED FOR THIS.
The largest British disaster against Spain was during the Jenkins' Ear War. On April 20th, 1741 a huge fleet of 184 vessels with 27600 soldiers and sailors under the command of Admiral Vernom was smashed in Cartagena de Indias (today Colombia). Half the fleet and men were lost. To cover the disaster the British King forbade to mention it in the history books and some commemorative coins were mint to the celebrate the "victory". In general British are better than Spaniards in self-marketing, but have Sapin has won more battles to them, than the other way around. And our Empire was truly the largest and most influencial on modern history. The rest is lack of academy and excess of envy and "black legend". 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
British 184 ships vs Spanish 6 ships... and the british lost. Here you have the main reason for hiding the defeat.( and it is not the only time that they are defeated and the result is prohibited from being included in the history books. )
Your empire wasn't the largest and you fell off harder than the UK. Spend your 2% of NATO defence already.
@@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground Doing a Google search we can see that Spain did not fall more or worse than the United Kingdom. It can also be seen that the Spanish Empire lasted much longer, with a large part of its success being the policy of miscegenation and reinvestment of the 4 parts of 5 in the same land that gave rise to them. This causes the local and indigenous militias themselves to fight furiously against the English invasions, for example Argentina or Mexico or Colombia supporting the few Spanish troops. Perhaps this is why we do not have MI 5 and MI 6 creating a massive operation to erase and modify the history of the British Empire as the UK did with OPERATION LEGACY with the aim of hiding everything that could embarrass the Crown and the British people in relation their actions... Regarding to the 2 percent military spending... well, first we fill the pantry, we fill the supermarkets, the gas stations, etc. and then we dedicate ourselves to do more things, that is, because things that we don't have in mind are weapons and money 24 hours a day. In the United Kingdom it seems that there is not much lettuce or tomatoes or eggs or gasoline or doctors and nurses... but they have two aircraft carriers that do not work or work poorly. We will talk about the frigates of the United Kingdom another day... but you do teh performance 'Presenting The Colors' instead 'Presenting The Fridge' for be inspected by the King too. Amazing
@@javiervicedo4201 cool story bro, definitely no bias, fake news, or misinformation in that comment.
Spain has no credible military btw
Excellent work with the two videos, I think you are the only CZcams channel that has explained the two armadas, in the most objective way possible, especially since the second one is totally forgotten when the subject is talked about. Seeing the result of the two Invasion armies, it is incomprehensible how there are people who claim victory for one of the two sides, the two naval campaign were a resounding failure and only served to waste money, ships and thousands of soldiers' lives; In the end, the war ended without any advantage for both sides, it was practically as if nothing had happened, I think the only ones who benefited from this conflict were the Dutch rebels (who relieved the pressure on their territory, which helped them to recover with Maurice of Nassau later, at least until Spinola arrived to reinforce the Tercios of Flanders) and the French who supported King Henry IV (who, with the Spanish fleet occupied and Farnese dead of illness, managed to win the throne of France ), since this distraction allowed them to establish themselves in power, and then become the worst rivals of Spain and England in the following century (the French in the Thirty Years' War and the Dutch in the wars against England later).
Thanks for the info, completely foreign topic for me. Gold as all of your docs so far!
I'm so glad that finally someone talks about this
I will never get used to Devon using the most professional documentary voice while quoting "Spanish Inquisition" memes.
I love it.
4:40 English to Dutch: thank you for your money investment, now I'm gonna need those boats of yours as well...
Love this!
Thank you for the information in this video
Please mention the Battle of Cape Celidonia when 5 new Spanish galleons defeated the entire Ottoman armada, which was 10 times bigger or the story of fort mose the first free black city in Florida as part of the Spanish empire
Un video hecho por un anglo que explica el desastre de la contra-armada inglesa, eso está bien ya que así no ocultan su historia negativa. El desastre y las pérdidas de la contra-armada inglesa fue mucho más grande que la Felicísima Armada (éste fue el verdadero nombre que le día el rey Felipe II).
I love this new humorous style of video. The small jokes are absolutely great ❤🎉
Very interesting video. I learned a lot.
thank you very much, the spanish empire is extremely underrated by the historians, unfair to be honest.
Nahh, I don't think the Spanish Empire is extremely underrated. More like extremely maligned...
@@Arbelotthey did horrific things lmao are you on crack
*Popular history
It isn't underrated by historians
5:55 now that may just be the sneakiest reference I did ever stumble upon 😂
Whether that was intentional or not, good catch. I certainly would have never noticed hadn't you mentioned it.
@@SeptimoBasico-nu8uhIt was intentional
@@arnaldoteodorani277Oh, ok then, great to know.
@@SeptimoBasico-nu8uh It should be an established tradition in historiography. Whenever something happens on May the Fourth, a Star Wars reference should be smuggled in.
@@arnaldoteodorani277 that is an excellent policy.
Very informative💯
Ok, now I apologize for saying no one covers this event. Great work¡
The English lost terribly due to Strong Spanish resistance, and lack of supplies in 1589. A very horrible loss indeed.
poor planning due to the ecstasy of having repelled the attack of the largest empire of the time
@@hugopontevedra Yes, I do know at the time that Spain was larger and was colonizing the Americas, and Philippines. However, that is not really needed background information, what is really a part of all this is what started the conflict. The Spanish Armada invaded England because the queen executed her half sister, Mary the first who was Catholic. It was more of a religious war.
@@Sehlan-vi9lh More than a religious issue, it was an economic issue since piracy and aid to the Protestant cause in Flanders was causing serious economic losses.
Maria's execution was a perfect pretext for the invasion
@@hugopontevedra No, you got it all wrong. I said England was protestant, and Spain was trying to convert England to Catholicism. It was not really about money.
@@Sehlan-vi9lh If the English had not attacked the possessions in America and Spain or helped the rebels in Flanders
Felipe, no matter how Catholic he was, would not have decided to carry out the invasion.
7:00 gave me chills
Your content is SUPER high quality
Great video as per usual ❤
England was a naval lightweight until Cromwell and Pepys organised a professional force. Elizabeth didn't even pay her sailors after the Spanish Armada to her last shame. What a miser
Oh my Lord, another fantastic K&G production! It should be illegal to drop this many grade a productions in a week!
19:20 oh my god what a burn!
Thank God some big historical channel finally made a video about this
No one expects the Spanish infiltration. I saw what you did there. Well played.
Although it hurts the English to admit, at that time England was a second-rate player. The enemies of the Spanish Empire were France on land, the Netherlands on the sea and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean. The fundamental reason for invading England was to provide the Spanish fleet with ports from which to blockade the Netherlands and facilitate the transportation of the Tercios to Flanders. There is an expression in Spanish that says "put a pike in Flanders" and that means something very expensive. To go to Flanders, the Spanish Tercios had to be transported by sea to Italy, cross the Alps and then, following the so-called Spanish road that was formed by the possessions of the House of Burgundy, reach Flanders bordering the French border. Great Britain only became a major maritime power after the Anglo-Dutch Wars. The Netherlands was able to resist the Spanish empire and end up defeating it for two reasons: the support received from the Protestant powers and also from France and above all because of its economy, the Netherlands was the first nation where capitalism developed, while the Spanish Empire It still functioned economically as in the Middle Ages
During the 1500s? The Netherlands wasn't even a proper country at that time. I'm pretty sure it didn't become a naval power until the 1600s
@@JJaqn05 During the 15th century the only powers in Europe were the Spanish Empire and the Ottoman Empire. The rebellion of the United Provinces in the mid-15th century was the Vietnam of the Spanish Empire, a war that could not be won, a true logistical madness but in which it was necessary to continue fighting based on what the Americans called the politics of the game domino. Spain's big problem at sea was not the English pirates, in 300 years only two convoys of the Indies fleet were captured, the biggest problem was the arrival of the Dutch to the Far East and the taking of part of the Portuguese colonies , when Portugal was united to Spain, the Dutch even settled in Brazil. After the decline of the Spanish Empire, the power that took over was France with Cardinal Richelieu. England only began to appear as a great power after the War of the Spanish Succession and its commercial and maritime rival was the Netherlands.
I never knew these events before. I learned something new.
Thank you so much honest english guy. Thats something i dont say too often...
Best on CZcams. Yes you are
Fun fact: The English kept their sailors on the ships where half of them died so they would not have to pay them. Thank you for saving the kingdom . . .
A truthful and balanced take, K&G!
Thanks for the informative video. I'm very proud of the bravery of the women presented. I also think that although on the losing side in this conflict, the English displayed a great deal of bravery and ingenuity.
Finally a channel in English talking about this.
recuerdo alla por el año 2000 que "the history channel" o "Biography" by A & E,creo que fue este ultimo
hizo un video sobre la vida de francis drake centrandose principalmente en la "armada invencible" pero en ese mismo video tambien hablo sobre el desastre de la contrarmada fue un excelente documental lastima que no la pueda encontrar en youtube
@@hugopontevedra ¿Y? Yo me refiero a que ningún otro canal de habla inglesa habia explicado el conflicto con tanto detalle y profundidad. Un comentario en un video sobre la armada invencible no es nada.
@@jorgemejiasp creo que no me expresé bien en ese vídeo del año 2000 si le dieron un tiempo considerable a la contraarmsda
@@hugopontevedra De acuerdo, pero no era un video de la contraarmada bien explicado de principio a fin. Sin embargo vas a ver 200 videos en inglés y en español hablando de la armada Española. Mi punto es ese.
@@jorgemejiasp no su punto era que y cito textualmente:
"Finally a channel in English talking about this."
lo cual le he dicho que no es asi es probable que haya mas documentales antiguos que hablen de ese tema pero esten archivados
y el asunto de porque no se habla mucho de la contraarmada en ingles y mas si de la felicisima armada es porque esta ultima tenia como objetivo la conquista del pais un evento extraordinario
a diferencia de la contrarmada que tenia como objetivo no tomar otro pais sino inflingirle un mayor daño
2:57 The treaty between Portugal and England exists to this very day. I believe it's the oldest treaty in the world still in force today and goes back to 1373 (known as the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373).
Most Portuguese do not even like the English
@@johndorilag4129 probably not in times of peace
@johndorilag4129 perhaps just the drunken and misbehaving english tourists "invading" Algarve every summer.
@@hugopontevedra In times of war they kind of have to tolerate the raping and plundering British soldiers but that's hardly a basis for love.
@@hugopontevedra I guess you're not sure either
I would love to see more episodes on war, these are facts I never read before!
Finally! great!
Interessantissimo. Sui libri di storia scolastici si parla solo della sconfitta dell'Armada, ma non di questa disastrosa sconfitta inglese. Ah, la propaganda storiografica..
The English sailors where forbidden from leaving their ships after fighting the Spanish. The reason being that Elizabeth 1st had no intention of paying them for their services. They knew that they would perish on their ships.
Thanks!
Fun fact: in spains national day theres a moment of silence, and a song called death is not the end where we honour all the spaniards of history who have fought to defend their motherland, that includes the portuguese we see in the video and people from other territories such american natives, philipines etc...
Nobody expects the Spanish infiltration 😂
The idea was conceived by the Portuguese and carried out by them who saw King Philip II as the legitimate monarch.
Meanwhile France sitting between the two going are you guys alright ? You wanna talk ?
Is it just me? Or the writing in this episode especially cheeky? "Spanish infiltration"? "This thing called strategy"? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you.
agradezco a Kings and generals por este documental muy detallado lo cual ayude a cesar de una vez con los lloriqueos de mis compatriotas que piensan que su canal solo difunde leyendas negras sobre el imperio español
debo decir que se ve la diferencia en la educacion de ambas "partes del conflicto" me explico, en la seccion de comentarios sobre el video de la armada española hace 2 semanas no encontraras ningun ingles burlandose sobre lo que les sucedio a los españoles hace mas de 4 siglos,eso si ellos ensalzan las hazañas de sus antepasados pero sin burlarse de sus "enemigos"
algo que me parece bien y comprensible
cosa muy distinta con lo que sucede con mis compatriotas españoles donde ingresan en cada video sobre el conflicto de inglaterra y españa para burlarse sobre las penalidades que pasaron los ingleses
saludos cordiales
Cuantos videos has visto de la Armada Inglesa; cuantos videos has visto de derrotas Inglesas no critiques por que no es burla en su gran mayoria y esas criticas muchas veces es por que los videos en ingles casi literalmente no hacen videos ni de sus grandes derrotas ahora mira cuantos videos hay en Español sobre la mal llanada Armada Invencible nombre que popularizemos nosotros a sabiendas de que era una burla a toro pasado de un noble Ingles no exageras y digas que todos son criticas y por cierto los Ingleses no critican a los suyos aunque tengan motivos lo he notado tambien y este no es el caso
Yep, I often criticize these pro-Spanish commenters but I understand where they're coming from. They've had enough of La Leyenda Negra so they try to defend their country, so far as to consider a minor victory against the English as a crushing one when it actually isn't.
Como hispanista estoy de acuerdo contigo, los británicos siempre fueron rivales duros, hay que reconocerlo, y son más patriotas que nosotros, eso admiro de ellos.
Long live Maria Pita!
"Launched an Orgy of Destruction" LOL!!!! Priceless
I have read dozens of books about the bungled Spanish armada attack, but this documentary surprised me because the sequel was equally significantly academic. my appreciation here