
QAH Episode 10: Blas de Lezo, Naval Genius
Half-Arsed History
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The Greatest Victory of All Time
In 1734, D'Lesso was promoted to left tenant general of the navy. In 1737, he was sent back off to South America to Cartagena de India. And there he was stationed as the general commander of the Spanish fleet. His greatest victory and the story I really want to share with you here is greatest victory of all time. It came almost a decade later in 1741, the Battle of Cartagena De India.
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