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Defend this, Britbongs.
>>1061444
Terrible leadership and logistical struggles.
Eternal yank attacking after the end of the war
>>1061444
It's easier to defend than it is to attack across an entire ocean
Defend this, Britbongs.
>>1061477
>ragtag group of civilians, women, children, militia, and pirates vs over double the amount of professional troops from the greatest army in the world at the time
No excuses.
Defend this, Britbongs..
Defend this, Britbongs.
>>1061496
>War of Jenkin's Ear
Defend this, Britbongs..
>>1061495
So partisan and guerrilla forces don't have history as effective agaisnt larger, better equipped forces?
>>1061444
>John Coffee
he was a speedy fellow
>>1061522
There was no guerrilla warfare at New Orleans.
>>1061495
>from the greatest army in the world at the time
What are you smoking
The greatest army in the world during the Napoleonic Wars was the French army, followed by the Russian, Prussian and Austrian ones
Britain had the greatest navy in the world, but their army was utter shit and suffered great humliation through the Napoleonic Wars
Fucking Americans man...
>>1061522
In regular pitched combat? Absolutely not.
>>1061536
>1815
I think the French suffered a set back that year.
>>1061536
>Being this historically inaccurate on a history board
>>1061545
Well, after Napoleon's fall, the best armies were the Russian and Prussian ones
>>1061553
>Russian propaganda
>>1061553
TRYING TOO HARD.
>>1061549
Please, explain me how the British army was superior during the Napoleonic Wars despite the fact they struggled for 6 years against a secondary branch of the French army on an irrelevant theater while the real war between the world's greatest armies was being fought in Central and Eastern Europe
>>1061557
>>1061558
Deal with it butthurt britbong (no plural for your samefaggottery)
>Britbong damage control
>>1061561
I'm not going to claim that the bongs were better than the Napoleonic French, or even the Prussians, but there's no evidence to claim the Austrians were any better and the Russians sure as hell weren't.
>>1061583
But this board was created so /int/ would be free of historical discussions
>>1061583
>take history out of /his/
>>1061588
The Russians fought their way from Moscow to Paris against the main French army in two years
The British fought their way from Portugal to the Franco-Spanish border against a second rate French army in 6 years
Nuff saif
More failures of perfidious Albions please
>>1061495
Ragtag militia? Is this not the war of 1812? The US was an established nation by this time.
>>1061514
>>War of Jenkin's Ear
Some smuggler named Jenkins got his ear chopped of by a spanish coastguard.
Jenkins goes to the parliament with his ear and the absolute madmens actually declares the war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear
>>1061518
Wonder how that war ended...
>>1061681
The US did disband the continental army in favor of a very tiny standing army attached by state militias.
Since standing armies were the tools of tyrants apparently.
>>1061604
And not a single Frenchman in Russia died from attrition, right? Oh wait, no, almost all of them died from attrition.
>>1061444
>Jean Lafitte
>american flag
>>1061444
Defend this, Spics
>>1061734
My mistake then. Good on ya, Yanks.
>>1061444
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Petropavlovsk
Explain this, Bongs and Frogs.
>>1061730
Beating an enemy you outnumber 4 to 1 in a decade, such an achievement!!
>>1061835
Actually it was 9 years.
>>1061496
Still nothing on the first armada, Juan
All these embarrassing losses yet the UK still won history
>>1061896
UK was the pre-eminent economic power. What the US and UK really show is that being good at warfare and being powerful aren't really connected.
I'm American, so don't get all buttflustered at me for saying Americans are OK at waging wars and then point to tactical victories over some Vietnamese guerillas.
Losing battles is fine as long as you win the war.
>>1061444
Britain reminds me off a Dragon Ball Z character. They start out getting their arse whooped but win in the end somehow, usually due to outside influence or natural luck.
>>1061991
More like they stay away from the real fight and wait until their friends beat the enemy to claim the glory
>>1061896
Reminder English is just bastard French.
>>1061495
>he thinks that the US army in the war of 1812 was made up of civilians (???), women, children and pirates
>he probably thinks that about the American Revolution too
>>1062002
But this is what America did with France to Britain
