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The Spanish Armada: The Disaster That Reshaped Europe
In 1588, King Philip II of Spain launched the most powerful fleet Europe had ever seen—130 ships, 30,000 men, and a divine mandate to crush Protestant England. But within weeks, the 'Invincible Armada' lay shattered. This episode follows the Armada's tragic voyage from Lisbon to the English Channel, through the fireships of Calais and the punishing storms of the North Atlantic. We meet the key figures—the cautious Duke of Medina Sidonia, the cunning Sir Francis Drake, and the brilliant strategist Lord Howard—and examine the technology of war: the English fire-ships, the Spanish…
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