in 1587 Sir Francis Drake led a small English squadron in a preemptive strike on the Spanish Fleet at Cadiz. The raid was hugely successful and delayed the Spanish Armada for over a year, as well as destroying most of the supplies that were going to be used and causing the Armada to be under-supplied when it sailed. ITOL Elizabeth ordered Drake not to attack but the ship carrying this belated order could not catch up with Drake's ships. What if it had and Drake had never attacked Cadiz?