What about when he crossed the Delaware? Was it just a photo-op? To be the stuff of future memory? Or did he give those lobster coats what for!
The only battle you have to win is the last one. They spent the war desperately running from the British - the US Marines of their day. No one was ever better at that kind of toy soldier warfare. …
What about when he crossed the Delaware? Was it just a photo-op? To be the stuff of future memory? Or did he give those lobster coats what for!
The only battle you have to win is the last one. They spent the war desperately running from the British - the US Marines of their day. No one was ever better at that kind of toy soldier warfare. When they did well, it was because of guerilla tactics. The aftermath of Concord, the British army shot up in the Appalachian forest, the surprise attack in Delaware.
Does Delaware even exist? Did you ever meet anyone from there? Or is it just an address for credit card companies?
Washington crossed the Deleware and broke a Christmas truce to attack a bunch of hung-over mercenaries most of whom were still in their underwear when Washington raided their camp. Is this the great victory you speak of?
Yes, that's how it's done. The Samurai waded out into the surf to cut the Mongols down. Oh, wait for them to land, get on their horses, and get in their formations? Forget the "horde" stuff, they were incredibly organized and disciplined. The Japanese took the only chance they had. Ditto the Red Coats. Do I smell a royalist? What American calls himself "Robert"? You're supposed to be Bob or Bobby.
The Hessians are said to be still wandering around the Pine Barrens. Some as ghosts, others as red necks.
Yes, it was a major victory which stopped the erosion of the army and American morale. He succeeded at Monmouth and Brandywine also. His subordinates in the North kicked the hell out of Johnny Burgoyne at Saratoga, the turning point of the war. He spent much of his time trying to get the Congress to fund the army and trying to keep up the morale of the soldiers.
Why do people have to spend their thoughts and time degrading heroes of the country?
Right! Washington won in New Jersey twice, once after he crossed the Delaware. He was the leader of a guerrilla group called the Continental Army with poor training and lousy funding. Half the army in Valley Forge did not have shoes. The Congress of the time was a group of cutthroats, just like today, that stole a lot of the aid going to the army.
Even so, Gates, I believe, won at Saratoga, making half the British army on parole and going home. France joined the war pro USA. The British high command changed their strategy, focusing on the South. The South is what they wanted anyway, with its source of cotton and tobacco. The South were soft on independence compared to the industrial North. It was good strategy, but too late. Washington, at his best, deserted the North, New York mostly, and took his army south. In the meantime, the Southern army was whittling down Cornwallis and eventually beat him in a big battle. He withdrew to Yorktown, trying to get his army “out of Dodge”. He was surrounded, a huge mistake, by Washington by land, and the French at sea. he only had one option. When he surrendered, his army was on parole and headed for England. There was no one else, except New York, Clinton at the time, I believe, who wanted no part of trying to fight a Continental army much bigger than his. England lost the war because the USA wanted to be “free” from medieval Monarchism and wanted a Republic. By the end of the war, the USA was united behind Washington and the army. There was no way that England could counter the upsurge.
Another big part was the supply lines for the British. The USA was producing weaponry and supplies for themselves while the British had to get their resources from 3500 miles and 10 weeks away. The attrition of British supplies was a big part of the success of the Continental.
Do not degrade George Washington, he created an army from nothing, beat the best army in the world at the time and then helped create the republic as its first president. He was called upon to become a King and stopped that movement. The first American hero, in all ways possible.
What about when he crossed the Delaware? Was it just a photo-op? To be the stuff of future memory? Or did he give those lobster coats what for!
The only battle you have to win is the last one. They spent the war desperately running from the British - the US Marines of their day. No one was ever better at that kind of toy soldier warfare. When they did well, it was because of guerilla tactics. The aftermath of Concord, the British army shot up in the Appalachian forest, the surprise attack in Delaware.
Does Delaware even exist? Did you ever meet anyone from there? Or is it just an address for credit card companies?
Jarek, you obviously never worked for DuPont.
Washington crossed the Deleware and broke a Christmas truce to attack a bunch of hung-over mercenaries most of whom were still in their underwear when Washington raided their camp. Is this the great victory you speak of?
Yes, that's how it's done. The Samurai waded out into the surf to cut the Mongols down. Oh, wait for them to land, get on their horses, and get in their formations? Forget the "horde" stuff, they were incredibly organized and disciplined. The Japanese took the only chance they had. Ditto the Red Coats. Do I smell a royalist? What American calls himself "Robert"? You're supposed to be Bob or Bobby.
The Hessians are said to be still wandering around the Pine Barrens. Some as ghosts, others as red necks.
RE the Pine Barrens: Don't forget the Russian from the Sopranos episode of the same name. He was MIGHTILY pissed off last we saw him!
Yes, it was a major victory which stopped the erosion of the army and American morale. He succeeded at Monmouth and Brandywine also. His subordinates in the North kicked the hell out of Johnny Burgoyne at Saratoga, the turning point of the war. He spent much of his time trying to get the Congress to fund the army and trying to keep up the morale of the soldiers.
Why do people have to spend their thoughts and time degrading heroes of the country?
Right! Washington won in New Jersey twice, once after he crossed the Delaware. He was the leader of a guerrilla group called the Continental Army with poor training and lousy funding. Half the army in Valley Forge did not have shoes. The Congress of the time was a group of cutthroats, just like today, that stole a lot of the aid going to the army.
Even so, Gates, I believe, won at Saratoga, making half the British army on parole and going home. France joined the war pro USA. The British high command changed their strategy, focusing on the South. The South is what they wanted anyway, with its source of cotton and tobacco. The South were soft on independence compared to the industrial North. It was good strategy, but too late. Washington, at his best, deserted the North, New York mostly, and took his army south. In the meantime, the Southern army was whittling down Cornwallis and eventually beat him in a big battle. He withdrew to Yorktown, trying to get his army “out of Dodge”. He was surrounded, a huge mistake, by Washington by land, and the French at sea. he only had one option. When he surrendered, his army was on parole and headed for England. There was no one else, except New York, Clinton at the time, I believe, who wanted no part of trying to fight a Continental army much bigger than his. England lost the war because the USA wanted to be “free” from medieval Monarchism and wanted a Republic. By the end of the war, the USA was united behind Washington and the army. There was no way that England could counter the upsurge.
Another big part was the supply lines for the British. The USA was producing weaponry and supplies for themselves while the British had to get their resources from 3500 miles and 10 weeks away. The attrition of British supplies was a big part of the success of the Continental.
Do not degrade George Washington, he created an army from nothing, beat the best army in the world at the time and then helped create the republic as its first president. He was called upon to become a King and stopped that movement. The first American hero, in all ways possible.