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IOTL, Spain joined France and the USA in 1779, during the American Revolutionary war. They were more attracted to the war on the issue of taking advantage of Britain's distraction than on the issue of aiding the revolutionaries. The best known pitched battle involving Spain during the ARW was the Great Siege of Gibraltar, where the franco-spanish navies almost succeeded in taking the outpost, but failed nonetheless.
But what if Gibraltar had been successfully captured during the war?
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