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Did you even read anything from my link?

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Katahu could equally ask if you read it to the end:
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Of course, in his comparison of George Washington to Vo Nguyen Giap, Britain is the U.S. and its (at the time) colonies (vying as the United States) VietNam. 8)

In my humble opinion Doug the history books should be rewritten so that folks get the truth and not the hollywood version.

Of course that may not sell or make many movies LOL

The truth rarely does.

A lot of people do not know that a good many of the British Regiments serving in the colonies at that time were Colonial Regiments (India) for example and hired German units.
A large part of the Regular British Army was fighting in Europe against one of the worse dictators of all time, the little fat fellow "Napoleon".
Thank God he got his but kicked by one of the Greatest Generals of all time.

In conclusion, the All-Powerful Red Coats lost the war anyways to a bunch of farmers.  
Not really and to make the statement correct you should have said "British farmers" LOL

If we look at the last World War, World War Two, one major reasons the Allies won is the "Idea of Freedom".
We the people of the free world did not want to be enslaved, that idea pushed not only the men and women in uniform but the civilian population as well to feats never before seen, envisioned or imagined by Axis military and civilian leaders.

That "Idea" and of course logistics and firepower and yes having one of the Greatest Statesman that ever walked on the face of the earth, "Sir Winston Churchill"
brought forth victory to the Allies.

So in real life if you keep the idea of freedom and you have the will to support it you will be unbeatable.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Your absolutely right...I have my evil people mixed up. LOL

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug
P.S. They have so many dam wars over there it is hard to keep track of.  I am still waiting for the 100 years war to end.

You are absolutely right Doug!

It is strange years after the American Revolution they had a Civil War.  I say no more on that one.

What I do find interesting is during the American Civil War men lined up to fire volleys of led at each other and attack in frontal assaults.

You would have thought that we the Canadians, the British, the French and the Germans etc. would have learnt a lesson from the American Civil War during World War One.
Frontal assaults just do not work against dug in troops and artillery.

Yet, again we try it in the Second World War as well.

I know Politicians start wars and Generals,  Admirals and Air Chief Marshalls end them BUT you would think someone would pick up a history book on battles and read it.

I think during any frontal assault the Politician should be dressed in red, placed on a large white horse next to the General and lead the assault.
That would place an end to frontal assaults before they begin.

Well I think I might be slightly off topic so I shall quit rambling on. LOL

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Umm... not exactly.

President Thomas Jefferson, attempting to force the warring European nations to respect America's neutral rights, enacted the embargo act in 1807.  It barred any ships from exporting goods to foerign nations from American ports.  This also effectively ended imports (there were two more acts which weakened the Embargo Act passed in the last days of Jefferson's presidency, not necissarily worth mentioning).

The War of 1812 occured largely because of a change in philosophies when Madison took office.  Jefferson believed that as soon as the Napoleonic wars ended, the European powers would let America alone.  Madison, on the other hand, believed that the continual violations of America's neutrality were part of a bigger plan by Britain to knock America off as a trading rival.

While all this was going on, the European powers simply laughed at America's idealism.  They believed that when superpowers were at war, lesser nations (such as America) should choose a side and be done with it, not ramble about neutral rights and morality.  In it's first few years, the Embargo Act did more damage to America then to any European nations, which quickly found new markets in Canada and South America.

Eventually, Madison and the republican controlled house and senate would stand no more.  They believed that a swift invasion of British Canada would bring victory.  Ironically, as America declared war, Britain had finally decided to give in and reopen trade.

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True, but irrelevant.  Madison was back in the White House two days later after the Brits were defeated at Baltimore.  The burning never served any strategic purpose.

btw, I'm taking an AP US History course rigth now, we do 500 years of history in extreme detail, so I know this stuff pretty well

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I don't get it.  Not sure if the link was meant for me, but everything on that page (and I mean everything) we've covered.