Navies, Natives & Napoleon the war of 1812 in Context-part 2: last issue, we learned that much of the reverence we hold for our War of 1812 "heroes" is misplaced, and that time has led to the creation of myths with little basis in fact. As the war between Britain and France raged...
War of 1812 Andrew Jackson Edward Pakenham and ‘Line Jackson’ Battle of New Orleans Begins Line Jackson Holds British Lose Ground ‘Truly Distressing’ British Casualties Impact of the Battle of New Orleans Sources In the Battle of New Orleans, future President Andrew Jackson and a motley assort...
War 1812 TheWarof1812The eighteenth and nineteenth century was a period of constantwarwithin North America‚ there was the Seven YearsWarof 1754‚ the American Revolution of 1775 and theWarof1812. This paper will focus on theWarof1812and its impact on the North American community. TheWarof...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook Peninsular War (redirected fromPeninsula War) Encyclopedia Related to Peninsula War:Spanish War of Independence n (Historical Terms) the war (1808–14) fought in the Iberian Peninsula by British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces against the French, resulting in the ...
Part of the reason for this is that we’ve done a lot to bring peace and stop wars on this planet. However, we’ve spent very little in a system to stop an epidemic(流行病). Let’s look at Ebola(埃博拉病毒). The problem wasn’t that there was a system(系统)that didn’t work...
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Thus, victories by the USN over the RN had a much greater impact on morale in both countries than was apparently justified by a dispassionate analysis of the relative strengths of the ships involved. [1]T. Roosevelt,The Naval War of 1812, 2 vols. (New York, NY: Charles Scribner’s So...
The Battle of Borodino, 7 September 1812 This post follows on fromthis one on the Battle of Smolensk on 17 August 1812. Most of French army rested near Smolensk for 6 days after the battle andNapoleonthought about wintering there. This would allow new drafts to be trained and the supply ...