History GCSE
Strategic delay and logistics
What Strategic delay and logistics means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Strategic delay and logistics
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The raid's destruction of Spanish ships and supplies, notably barrel staves, which delayed the Armada's launch by over a year and bought England time to prepare its defences.
Topics that use Strategic delay and logistics
- Option B4: Key topic 2: Challenges to Elizabeth at home and abroad, 1569–88 - 3 Outbreak of war with Spain, 1585–88 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Anglo-Spanish relations
- Causes of war
- Elizabethan foreign policy
- Governor-General
- Military intervention
- Naval warfare and privateering
- Treaty of Nonsuch
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