Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
Why did the Spanish Armada Fail?
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Tue Aug 12 2003
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
Why did the Spanish Armada Fail? The Armada could have succeeded the plan was simple and could have been effective. The Spanish had the strongest army in Europe and the English defences were not exactly good. The plan was very simple, but could have been deadly if it had worked. The main reasons for it not working out were the communication problems. The messenger ships travelled the same speed, as the Armada so they were nearly useless and the communication between Parma's army and the Armada were not good. On top of all of this the Armada had received message that Parma's army was not ready when they were at Calais, which caused a big problem for the Spanish. Communication was not the only problem the planning was put together so quickly, King Philip hadn't thought of the area at all. The coast where Parma's army were waiting the coast was very...
To see the full version of this document, and 145,348 others
