"British Strategy in the Mediterranean theater 1793" Topic

By William C. Baker, B. S.

"In February 1793, Great Britain embarked on a war against Revolutionary France that few suspected could last with little rest for over twenty years. Even fewer British officials anticipated the transformation of their oldest enemy from a volatile republic during the Terror into a French Continental empire under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte. British war efforts ensued around the globe in 1793 from India to North America. Along with the Caribbean and Flanders, the Mediterranean offered a third major theater to resist French expansionary and revolutionary policies. The campaign in the Mediterranean began in 1793 with promise as British and Spanish diplomats overcame their differences to build an alliance with several Italian states. However, major problems in coordinating government efforts in the region transformed the theater from one with limited British involvement into a major Anglo-led operation intent on the collapse of the French National Convention. The strategic decisions and the coordination between British officials that undermined the Mediterranean war is the subject of this thesis. No study has yet comprehensively…"

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