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However, the conflict had little to do with the war in Europe and served mainly as a way for the Dutch to gain an overseas empire and control trade at the cost of the Portuguese. English forces also assisted the Dutch at certain points in the war (though in later decades, the English and Dutch would become fierce rivals). Because of the commodity at the center of the conflict, this war would be nicknamed the Spice War.
Portugal repelled Dutch attempts to secure [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]], [[Portuguese Mozambique|Mozambique]], and [[Portuguese Angola|Angola]], but the Dutch disrupted the Portuguese trading networks in Asia, where they captured [[Portuguese Malacca|Malacca]], [[Portuguese Ceylon|Ceylon]], the [[Malabar Coast]], and the [[Maluku Islands|Moluccas]]. In Africa, the Dutch conquered the [[Portuguese Gold Coast]].
Portuguese resentment at Spain, which was perceived as having prioritized its own colonies and neglected the defense of the Portuguese, the weaker member of the union, was a major contributing factor to Portugal shaking off Spanish rule in the [[Portuguese Restoration War]]. Moreover, the Portuguese claimed that the Iberian Union was a reason for the attacks on their colonies by the Dutch.
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