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Such a Day as Today 383 Years Ago: the Battle that Ended the Invincible Myth of the Spanish Thirds

Margarita Robles launches an unexpected message from Toledo and advances a key change in the Army As today, 383 years ago, on May 19, 1643, there was one of the most decisive military confrontations in European history.The Battle of Rocroi not only marked a strategic victory for France, but also symbolized the beginning of the military decline of the Spanish thirds, considered for decades to be the most powerful forces on the continent.The battl…
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Margarita Robles launches an unexpected message from Toledo and advances a key change in the Army As today, 383 years ago, on May 19, 1643, there was one of the most decisive military confrontations in European history.The Battle of Rocroi not only marked a strategic victory for France, but also symbolized the beginning of the military decline of the Spanish thirds, considered for decades to be the most powerful forces on the continent.The battl…

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Confidencial Digital broke the news on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
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