re: History Thread, Not WW2 Related: What is Britian's single greatest victory?

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Defeat of the Spanish Armada

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As has been said, this victory turned England from a European power to a world power.

The interesting thing is whether a Habsburg would have been placed on the English throne as well as the dissolution of the Anglican church had Spain won.

Of course, even if the Spanish Armada had won a decisive victory, there is no telling that an amphibious assault on England would have been successful enough to end in anything other than status quo.