2 years between Civil War and Infinity War.. and then the 5 year jump in Endgame. Do you you think Cap just went without it the whole time? Did he keep Tβchallas replacement? Bummer we will never get to see the Secret Avengers in action
Additionally, given this huge difference in resources and population, why did the war in North America last as long as it did?
The way involved all five European great powers of the time plus many of the middle powers and spanned five continents, affecting Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines. So why wouldn't it be considered WWI by historians?
With battles being fought between England, France, their colonies and allies all over the world including North America, Southeast Asia and India why isn't it considered a world war?
I found this gem in the Museum of the Spanish Army in Toledo:
> In the middle of the 18th century, rivalries between France and Britain and race for colonial supremacy, sparked off a series of international conflicts that came to be known as Seven Year's War. Overseas, the English attacked the Philippines and Cuba, goading Spain into war in 1762. The following year, Charles III obtained the Treaty of Paris, forcing Britain to abandon Cuba and Manila. Elsewhere Spain was forced to hand over Florida and its possessions to the east of the Mississippi to Britain, receiving Louisiana from France as compensation.
Formatting mine.
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> Overseas, the English attacked the Philippines and Cuba, goading Spain into war in 1762.
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The "Britain = aggressor"-narrative is so simplistic as to border on being false. Firstly: Britain did not "goad" Spain into war. Britain officially declared war on Spain and did not play any tricks. However, before the declaration of war Spain had already signed a treaty with France ("Family Compact") that included a secret clause to attack Britain that would have triggered a little later. And Britain had reasons to suspect this. When it demanded Spain to promise that it not intend to attack Britain and Spain refused, Britain declared war. Spain was not "goaded" into war, it is a surprisingly straightforward example of a preemptive strike (Well, as much as you can call cumbersome 18th century warfare a "strike").
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Furthermore, Spain signed the Family Compact/Britain declared war before the attacks on Havana and Manila, so the sentence is wrong no matter how you frame it.
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It also conveniently neglects to mention that Spain attacked Portugal but could not make meaningful gains. Or the fact that the British did not just attack Cuba and the Philippines but actually captured their local capitals, thus entrenching themselves in their commercial and administrative centers.
> The following year, Charles III obtained the Treaty of Paris, forcing Britain to abandon Cuba
- This is an β¦ interesting interpretation of the Treaty of Paris. The Spanish did not force the British to abandon Cuba and Manila. Instead, the British left because a treaty had been signed. Spain did not impose anything on the British out of a position of strength and the Treaty was ultimately an admission of defeat. The British were not terribly keen on staying in Cuba because they kept dying by disease at an appalling rate and they had
