Today's American Minute — Battle of Lepanto
Battle of Lepanto, and Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote - American Minute with Bill Federer
and Pilgrim Governor William Bradford Battle of Lepanto Sinking of Spanish Armada
Spain saved Europe by defeating the Ottoman Turkish navy in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Afterwards, though, instead of freeing the Mediterranean from Ottoman control, King Philip II sent the Iron Duke of Alba to commit the Spanish Fury, killing 10,000 Dutch Reformed in Antwerp, Belgium, and sending its Invincible Armada to conquer Anglican England.