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The Spanish Army of Flanders: Iron and Blood

The Spanish Army of Flanders: Iron and Blood

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While Spain’s galleons carried gold from the New World, the real engine of Habsburg power was a different kind of wealth: human lives. This episode explores the Army of Flanders, the most formidable military force in sixteenth-century Europe. We follow the logistics of this massive standing army as it marched across the Alps, fought in the Netherlands, and drained the treasury of Philip II and his successors. We examine the role of the tercio, the brutal reality of mercenary life, and how the Spanish military machine became both the shield of Catholicism and the anchor that dragged Spain into endless, bankrupting wars. From the Battle of St. Quentin to the Siege of Leiden, we uncover how the promise of plunder and pay kept these soldiers moving, and what happened when the gold ran dry. #ArmyOfFlanders #SpanishTercio #PhilipII #HabsburgSpain #EightyYearsWar #MilitaryHistory #Mercenaries #NetherlandsHistory #Logistics #CatholicLeague #StQuentin #LeidenSiege #SpanishRoad #PotosiSilver #16thCentury #EuropeanWars #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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