(I'm really not sure if this should go here... if anything, tell me)
So from what I read, the main objective of the United Kingdom in the war was to secure the four main ports of Spain in the Caribbean (Portobelo, Veracruz, Santiago de Cuba and Cartagena) and disrupt the defensive and trading system that Spain had there. But what I'm not sure of, what exactly did they want to do afterwards? Territorial expansion, new favourable conditions of trade?
Also, since the attack failed spectacularly in real life and nothing was really accomplish at the end, how do you think the British Army could've won? Was it worthy to attack Cartagena instead of Cuba in the first place?
So from what I read, the main objective of the United Kingdom in the war was to secure the four main ports of Spain in the Caribbean (Portobelo, Veracruz, Santiago de Cuba and Cartagena) and disrupt the defensive and trading system that Spain had there. But what I'm not sure of, what exactly did they want to do afterwards? Territorial expansion, new favourable conditions of trade?
Also, since the attack failed spectacularly in real life and nothing was really accomplish at the end, how do you think the British Army could've won? Was it worthy to attack Cartagena instead of Cuba in the first place?