Kamis, 08 Februari 2018

What Made Redcoats So Tough?

They won most major battles—while losing the American War of Independence. The way nations remember history is more important than strict truth, argued 19th century French writer Ernest Renan, and that is especially true where military history is concerned. The American War (as the Revolutionary War was known in Britain) has spun its own web …

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