Battle of Almansa

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Legacy

In the present-day Land of Valencia, proverbs recalling this defeat are still in common usage: Quan el mal ve d'Almansa, a tots alcança ("Evil tidings spare no one when they come from Almansa," or, more literally, "When the badness comes from Almansa, it reaches everybody"), De ponent, ni vent ni gent ("From the west, neither wind nor people").

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Winston Churchill once compared the crushing British defeat at Almansa to the disasters awaiting the British Army at the hands of Nazi Germany in the early years of the Second World War.

Related Topics:
Winston Churchill - British Army - Nazi Germany - Second World War

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