The mere rumor of Giambelli’s presence terrorized the Spanish fleet into flight
Evidence
It concerned the inventor of the hellburners of Antwerp, the most terrible weapons ever used by men in war, fire-ships which were actually enormous bombs capable of killing more men in one blast than might fall in a great battle, and of strewing a circle more than a mile across with a litter of flaming wreckage. … The only effective weapon he lent the English for the Armada campaign was the terror of his name. It was enough. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 729
Categorization
- SEED: Essay angle: how psychological deterrence and reputation can outweigh physical capability in warfare.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 729
- XREF: connects to: The Italian engineer Giambelli won the campaign by the terror of his name alone. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 729
Library Connections
- The Italian engineer Giambelli won the campaign by the terror of his name alone.
#corroborates(0.90) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 729