Reddit reviews How Britain Won the War of 1812: The Royal Navy's Blockades of the United States, 1812-1815
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winners of the war of 1812 get to make the rules
Just because the user below me deleted their comment:
Well no... the British won the war.
American war aims were two things, invading Canada and ending impressment.
Two outcomes: the failure to invade Canada, and nothing in the Treaty of Ghent mentioning impressment because Madison knew he had absolutely no power to make those demands because the British had won.
Out of all the theartres of the war the British dominated 2 and the Americans none.
The pride of the US Navy was humiliated time and time again, mainly by Charles Napier on Eurylas and Brooke on HMS Shannon.
In fact the British reminded America who won the war of 1812 when their next decades of fiscal defence spending was on putting stone forts in every harbour on the east coast, as they could not afford to be blockaded by the Royal Navy ever again.
In short; Blockaded to bankruptcy, unable to invade Canada, loss of Navy, public buildings of Washington burnt down. Pretty big L.
Calling it a draw is like the Nazis trying and failing to take Moscow and being like it's a draw guys! no one really won this!
Americans are utterly unable to accept they were defeated.
https://www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/essays/british-perspective/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Britain-Won-War-1812/dp/1843836653
Edit: ooooooft some feathers are rustled for the yanks it seems, so much so that they don’t have an argument and have to attack my comment history. That’s when you know you’ve won ladies and gents ! 👍🏼
Edit2: there is mountains of revisionist history that is taught to Americans my god
Ahem ahem, the winners of the war of 1812 here.... the British won the war.
American war aims were two things, invading Canada and ending impressment.
Two outcomes: the failure to invade Canada, and nothing in the Treaty of Ghent mentioning impressment because Madison knew he had absolutely no power to make those demands because the British had won.
Out of all the theartres of the war the British dominated 2 and the Americans none.
The pride of the US Navy was humiliated time and time again, mainly by Charles Napier on Eurylas and Brooke on HMS Shannon.
In fact the British reminded America who won the war of 1812 when their next decades of fiscal defence spending was on putting stone forts in every harbour on the east coast, as they could not afford to be blockaded by the Royal Navy ever again.
In short; Blockaded to bankruptcy, unable to invade Canada, loss of Navy, public buildings of Washington burnt down. Pretty big L.
Calling it a draw is like the Nazis trying and failing to take Moscow and being like it's a draw guys! no one really won this!
And Americans are utterly unable to accept they were defeated. 😘
https://www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/essays/british-perspective/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Britain-Won-War-1812/dp/1843836653