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Perhaps but none of them were anything like as large as the British Empire, which encompassed a quarter of the whole world. I am not saying that building Empires is right I am just saying that this is just another simple fact.
Sure, you have the Spanish empire, Mongol empire (larger), Russian empire, communists would add the American empire - that includes UK, according to them. Everything is relative.
The Channel and the 'elements' were the same for both sides you know! Can you prove that the outcome would have been different if the 'elements' were different? No I don't think you can!
Sure, you have the Spanish empire, Mongol empire (larger), Russian empire, communists would add the American empire - that includes UK, according to them. Everything is relative.
America doesn't have an 'Empire' try looking up the definition of 'Empire', if the UK (or anywhere else for that matter) was part of an 'Empire' it wouldn't be completely self governing, also the British Empire was larger than the Mongol Empire - try googling it!
Still waiting for your response for the second time, perhaps because you can't answer it. If it was only down to the channel every time, why was this not a hindrance for the Romans, Vikings or Normans? Answer: Because there was no Royal Navy to prevent them. Simple really.
Further to that, the Armada was receiving quite a bashing from the English, hence the reason for it heading up north to where it ran into the storm which ultimately finished it off. They would have been defeated either way.
The Channel and the 'elements' were the same for both sides you know! Can you prove that the outcome would have been different if the 'elements' were different? No I don't think you can!
Yeah, strange that the "elements" didn't effect the Royal Navy!
An invader that fails to take into account the body of water separating it from it's intended goal does not have the body of water to blame when boats and other floating conveyances have been in existence for centuries prior.
Such an invader only has it's own poor leadership to blame.
There is a reason why the French Empire is not of historical significance in comparison to the British empire when they both had the same oceans to cross and it has nothing whatsoever to do with floating conveyances or bodies of water.
The Channel and the 'elements' were the same for both sides you know! Can you prove that the outcome would have been different if the 'elements' were different? No I don't think you can!
America doesn't have an 'Empire' try looking up the definition of 'Empire', if the UK (or anywhere else for that matter) was part of an 'Empire' it wouldn't be completely self governing, also the British Empire was larger than the Mongol Empire - try googling it!
Very subjective, entirely subjective. Russians also had an empire.
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Nelson, Admiral Nelson fought in Trafalgar.
I meant Waterloo, as for Wellington, here's a quote from highly respected historian and author Peter Snow.
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Originally Posted by DUKE OF WELLINGTON BY PETER SNOW
The enterprise that he led between 1808 and 1815 (in which time he never took a day's leave) slowly, but surely pushed Napoleon's armies back across Europe, never losing a pitched battle. He was not a man loved by his men, but he was admired and respected by them and that is what mattered. They knew that he was going to win the next battle.
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