Britain's victory in the Battle of Britain demonstrated the courage and resilience of the country's military and its people and allowed them to remain free from Nazi occupation. It also enabled the Americans to establish a base of operations in England to invade Normandy on D-Day in 1944.
The king and queen of Spain were very much interested in learning more about India and would like spices and jewels, so they funded Christopher Columbus's voyages, but as we all know he ended up in North America, not India.