Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Philip aiva munhu aida zvokunamata zvikuru, uye aiona sokuti ndiye aizodzivirira chiKaturike muEurope kuti chisaparadzwa neUmambo hweOttoman uye chiPurotesitendi. Muna 1584 Philip akasaina Chibvumirano cheJoinville chokubhadhara mari yeFrench Catholic League mumakore gumi akatevera muhondo yayo yavagari vemo mukurwisana navaCalvinist veFrance. Muna 1588 akatumira zvikepe zvokupinda nazvo muEngland yePurotesitendi, nechinangwa chokubvisa Elizabeth I uye kudzorera chiKaturike imomo, asi zvikepe zvake zvakakundwa muhondo paGravelines (kuchamhembe kweFrance) uye zvakaparadzwa nemadutu sezvaaitenderera British Isles kuti adzokere kuSpain. Gore rakatevera racho simba rengarava raFiripi rakakwanisa kupora pashure pokupinda kwakakundikana kweArmada yeEngland
kupinda muSpain.