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The War of the Spanish Succession

What problems did it create?

Did it accomplish anything at all?

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by Anonymousreply 9January 13, 2020 3:33 AM

Apparently this fucking idiot either has never heard of Wikipedia or just feels like wasting our time. Fuck off you ignorant fuck!

by Anonymousreply 1January 13, 2020 3:08 AM

It kept France from crashing into Morocco, and that’s really important to Frenchmen today.

by Anonymousreply 2January 13, 2020 3:16 AM

A primer for the severely challenged r1.

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by Anonymousreply 3January 13, 2020 3:18 AM

R3

So I guess the answer is you are fucking bored AND stupid and somehow think that is ironic. Fuck off you worthless piece of shit!

by Anonymousreply 4January 13, 2020 3:23 AM

Britain was united and set course as a great power. The Churchill family became a thing. The Hapsburgs were reduced to their Austrian territories and Germany, the Spanish empire entered into serious decline. It's a reasonably important war.

by Anonymousreply 5January 13, 2020 3:23 AM

The most important consequence is the Sharpe series of novels (which suck) and TV shows (which made Sean Bean a household name).

by Anonymousreply 6January 13, 2020 3:23 AM

Whoops, wrong century. I was thinking of the Peninsular War, not the War of the Spanish Succession.

by Anonymousreply 7January 13, 2020 3:25 AM

Here’s a DataLounger’s take on “what if France won”.

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by Anonymousreply 8January 13, 2020 3:30 AM

I tink tomeone's a widdle gwumpy!

by Anonymousreply 9January 13, 2020 3:33 AM
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