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Why did the Spanish Armada Fail?
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Normal-level (N-level) History Mind Map on Why did the Spanish Armada Fail?, created by Muntaha Fairooz on 09/05/2013.
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Why did the Spanish Armada Fail?
Luck
The Storm
It sunk 52 Ships (The Armada's) IN TOTAL
Did a lot of damage to the Armada's Ships
Ship Design
It was Big and Slow
Planned to Capture the English Navy's Ship
They (Armada) had many sized cannon balls
Armada had 2 wheeled guns which was DIFFICULT TO AIM and SHOOT
Mistakes
They (ARMADA) put land Commander (Duke of Medina Sidonia) to command at sea
The commander had seasickness
Broke their strong cresent shape formation when they saw fireships
Made them go to the storm
The soldiers did'nt show up in calais
They used Green Wood Which made the food go mouldy since it (the wood) did not dry out
Made soldiers go into cannibalism or starve to death when they were in the storm
The English Tactics
They lit beacons to warn people there was an early invasion
Gave them time to Load fireships
Had an experinced Sea commander (Sir Francis Drake)
Had smaller but faster ships
Had one sized cannon balls
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