Bouko De Groot

Dutch Navies of the 80 Years' War 1568-1648

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The tiny new state of the United Provinces of the Netherlands won its independence from the mighty Spanish empire by fighting and winning the Eighty Years' War, from 1568 and 1648. In this long conflict, warfare on water played a much bigger role in determining the ultimate victor. On the high seas the fleet carved out a new empire, growing national income to such levels that it could continue the costly war for independence. Yet it was in coastal and inland waters that the most decisive battles were fought. Arguably the most decisive Spanish siege (Leiden, 1574) was broken by a fleet sailing to the rescue across flooded polders, and the ba… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Bull, Peter (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-1-4728-3166-8
EAN: 9781472831668
Produktnummer: 28598739
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 48 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 15'586 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Bouko de Groot has a BA in Art History and an MA in Egyptology. He is Dutch and currently lives in Germany. He has served in the army and is a published author of a number of academic, popular scientific and business journalistic articles. When not writing about current affairs, he continues to study and write about military history.