All The Tropes

Anglo-Dutch Wars: Difference between revisions

Page Discussion

Anglo-Dutch Wars (view source)

Revision as of 01:17, 10 January 2014

No change in size ,  10 years ago
m
Mass update links
VisualWikitext
prefix>Import Bot
(Import from TV Tropes TVT:Main.AngloDutchWars 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:Main.AngloDutchWars, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license)
 
m (Mass update links)
Line 15:
As for the conflict with France, that war lasted for another 4 years. Although it ended with a French victory and they did take territory from the Spanish Netherlands, there was still territory left to ensure that the buffer between France and the Netherlands remained intact.
 
The ''Fourth War'' (1780-1784) was essentially [[Spin -Off]] of the [[American Revolution]]. The Dutch were using the port of Sint Eustatius to run guns for the Revolutionary Army. This, combined with the fact that the Dutch were the first to recognize US sovereignty upset the British quite badly. The war saw the final nail in the coffin for Dutch power. The Dutch navy had been neglected for years and was only a shade of its former self, the British were able to win the conflict quite easily, despite the war ending in a status quo ante bellum. This effectively ended the Dutch as a major power in Europe.
 
* [[Badass Army|Badass Navy]]: Both sides qualify
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/548604"