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{{quote|''"I can not approve that monarchs desire to rule over the conscience of their subjects and take away from them their freedom of belief and religion."''|'''Revolt Leader William of Orange'''}}
The [[Eighty Years' War]] or the Dutch War of Independence (1568-1648), was a war fought as the name suggests, over the course of eighty years and for the independence of the [[La Résistance|Dutch Republic]] (a precursor to modern day Netherlands) against the [[The Empire|Spanish Empire]]. The leaders of the rebellion cited the strict control of the monarchy over the people as their main incentive to rebel, mainly in terms such as freedom of religion, thought and the matter of taxation.
The event that is said to have set off the revolution is the public execution of the statesmen Lamoral, Count of Egmont and Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn, on the main square in Brussels on June 5, 1568. The two were executed for their resistence to the introduction of [[The Spanish Inquisition]]. William the Silent then became the leader of the rebellion and managed to escape execution using charisma and political intelligence until he could go into hiding, though he was later assassinated by a spy.
Subsequently, the Dutch revolt would break out in 1567 leading to the rise of William of Orange. Under his command hostilities between the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire. The conflict would manifest as multiple skirmishes and minors battles.
The Dutch Republic was finally given some recognition when the two belligerents contracted the Twelve Years' Truce in 1609. The peace lasted until 1619 when the [[Thirty Years' War]] broke out, returning the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire to opposition as the Dutch intervened. With the resolution of the [[Thirty Years' War]], the Dutch gained French allies who aided them in a defense against the Spanish. With the Spanish forces spread far and thin they eventually were cut off from the Dutch. Peace negotiations began January 1646 which eventually lead to a peace agreement.
The war was followed by a slight upheaval of the Dutch Republic's political system. The Spanish Empire's reputation was greatly hurt by the loss, but persevered nonetheless. The war also had little effect on the Spanish-Portuguese war.
[[The Other Wiki]] has a incredibly extensive and more specific article on the [[Eighty Years' War]]. See also the [[Thirty Years' War]] and the [[Dutch
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** During sieges, surgeons would pay well to any scavenger who brought a goodly supply of human fat [[Squick|scrapped from corpses]] to use as balm. One doubts that all the fat donors were quite dead when they made the donation.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Dutch would blow up their dikes to flood Spanish trenches.
* [[Knight Templar]]: Phillip II. He absolutely ''hated'' Protestants.
* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: The German mercenaries on the Spanish lines (called "Tudescos") were on it just for the money, and walked away or revolted as soon as payment didn't arrive as scheduled. In contrast, the Spaniards were noted to continue fighting even after months without pay, and sometimes when they had [[Determinator|barely anything left]] ''[[Determinator|to eat]]''.
** one of the main reason the alliance with queen bess fell through? the guy she send to the netherlands (robert dudley) insisted the dutch merchants stop doing business with the spaniards. the dutch vehemently defended their right to sell weapons to the guys shooting at them.
* [[More Dakka]]: Dutch produced ''lots'' of cannons. They [[Weapon of Choice|really liked]] cannons.
* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]: Many if not most Spanish soldiers did not care at all about the Dutch. In their opinion, if they wanted to be "heretics" and go to Hell it was their problem. They still took the arms on behalf of their king because they understand it was their duty.
* [[Pirates]] : Sea Beggers. And of course the Sea Beggers always wanted
** [[Plunder]]
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: The anti-Catholic riots known as the 'beeldenstorm' had already been quelled, in part by Willem of Orange himself, by the time Phillip send the [[Knight Templar|Duke of Alba]] to the Netherlands to restore order, but that news hadn't reached Phillip. A large dose of [[The Spanish Inquisition]] later, the rebellion started up again, [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|this time led by that same Willem of Orange]].
* [[Proud Merchant Race]]: The Dutch
* [[Proud Warrior Race]]: The Spaniards
* [[Rape, Pillage and Burn]]: What usually happened when a city fell to an army that had been besieging it for months - or years - with little to no pay.
* [[Rebellious Rebel]]: Guess who
* [[The Republic]]: Dutch
* [[The Siege]]: This war had ''dozens'' of sieges.
** By coincidence [[World War I|another war]] had a lot of fighting in this same location. It took roughly the same form.
** The Low Countries had a reputation for being the most fortified region in the world. Centuries of sappers would hone their teeth there.
* [[The Strategist]]: Maurice of Nasseu
* [[Training the Peaceful Villagers|Training the warlike burghers]]: Dutch militia was quite formidable as militias go and had a strong sense of [[Patriotic Fervor|civic loyalty]] and the knowledge that their [[Papa Wolf|families]] were [[Rape, Pillage and Burn|in for it]] if the enemy broke through. The Spaniards most definitely had their work cut out for them.
* [[Unwinnable by Design]]: Little place over there, way isolated from other Spanish territories, with a north-south orientation, humid, cold, filled with fortresses and dikes, and easy access to mercenaries, markets and alliances in England, France, Germany and Denmark-Norway? Not surprising the modern Spanish view on this issue is pretty much this.
* [[Urban Warfare]]
* [[Virgin Power]]: [[Elizabeth I (miniseries)||Guess Who?]]
* [[Warrior Prince]]: Don Juan of Austria. Commanding here was his "reward" for winning the [[Battle of Lepanto]].
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