Conclusive in some ways

Posted by Tory Historian Friday, July 31, 2009 ,

Today is the anniversary of the Treaty of Breda that brought an inconclusive ending to the Second Aglo-Dutch War and a temporary halt in the hostilities between England, the United Provinces, Denmark and France, who immediately started invading the Spanish Netherlands.

Let's face it, for most of modern European history it was France, not Germany (which did not even exist till 1870) that was the "neighbour from hell".

While the Dutch were victorious around Europe and in Asia, England won in North America with four new colonies, New York, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This marked the end of Dutch ambitions in that part of the world.

1 Responses to Conclusive in some ways

  1. Let's face it, for most of modern European history it was France, not Germany (which did not even exist till 1870) that was the "neighbour from hell".

    Hear hear! And since 1870, France was one-half of the double-act that brought Europe and beyond to the brink of destruction three times and bequeathed us the EU and the Cold War

     
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