CulpableSnail t1_ja9rjhf wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:52 PM Reply to comment by reykholt in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus No no the Dutch didn't have an empire, their king did but that's not the same as the country, so we don't have to cover that.... /s Permalink Parent 2
CulpableSnail t1_ja9rjhf wrote
Reply to comment by reykholt in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
No no the Dutch didn't have an empire, their king did but that's not the same as the country, so we don't have to cover that.... /s